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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roe \Roe\, noun [OE. ro, AS. r[=a]h; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel. r[=a], SW. r[*a].] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A roebuck. See {Roebuck}. (b) The female of any species of deer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roe \Roe\, noun [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG. rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ??? pebble, Skr. ?arkar[=a] gravel.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
roe
noun
1: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture [syn: {hard roe}]
2: eggs of female fish
3: the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
4: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "roe": Cape elk, Partlet, Virginia deer, albumen, anguille, antelope, biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, caviar, cow, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, eland, elk, ewe, ewe lamb, fallow deer, fawn, filly, fish, fish eggs, gazelle, giraffe, glair, gnu, guinea hen, gyp, hart, hartebeest, heifer, hen, hind, jenny, kaama, kipper, kippered salmon, lioness, mare, moose, mule deer, musk deer, nanny, nanny goat, okapi, ovule, peahen, poisson, red deer, red herring, reindeer, roe deer, roebuck, seafood, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, slut, smoked herring, sow, spawn, springbok, stag, tigress, vitellus, vixen, white, wildebeest, yellow, yolk
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roe, AR (town, FIPS 60380) Location: 34.63085 N, 91.38573 W Population (1990): 135 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72134
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Roe, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 124 Housing Units (2000): 56 Land area (2000): 0.194814 sq. miles (0.504567 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.194814 sq. miles (0.504567 sq. km) FIPS code: 60380 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 34.630946 N, 91.385853 W ZIP Codes (1990): 72134 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Roe, AR Roe
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Roe (Heb. tsebi), properly the gazelle (Arab. ghazal), permitted for food (Deut. 14:5; comp. Deut. 12:15, 22; 15:22; 1 Kings 4:23), noted for its swiftness and beauty and grace of form (2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Cant. 2:9; 7:3; 8:14). The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great numbers in Palestine. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still 'the roe upon the mountains of Bether,' and I have seen a little troop of gazelles feeding on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem itself" (Tristram). The Hebrew word ('ayyalah) in Prov.
5: 19 thus rendered (R.V., "doe"), is properly the "wild she-goat," the mountain goat, the ibex. (See 1 Sam. 24:2; Ps. 104:18; Job 39:1.)
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