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roe
/ˈro/
獐,魚子,魚卵
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Roe
n.
Zool.
(a)
A
roebuck
.
See
Roebuck
.
(b)
The
female
of
any
species
of
deer
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Roe
,
n.
1.
Zool.
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
roe
n
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:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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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