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roe

[roh] / roʊ /
NOUN
caviar
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Those egg thingies with roe were so good.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Ora King salmon crudo was dressed in passionfruit aguachile with Tabasco oil, while a uni carbonara used creamy sea urchin in place of guanciale, finished with smoked trout roe.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2026

There have been deer in mainland Britain for thousands of years but only two of the now six species that live here are natives, namely red and roe deer.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2025

Much more affordable than its famous counterpart, salmon roe has bigger pearls that burst with briny goodness as you eat them.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

"So use Joe. Doe, roe, buffalo," she rhymed.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The caviar, he stresses, is not beluga but a far more affordable paste blend of roes, marketed with his endorsement.

From Washington Post Oct. 1, 2022

I fell in love with it for its section on savouries, the course that theoretically comes after pudding – herring roes on toast, deep fried St Eadburgha, baked figs and gorgonzola.

From The Guardian Nov. 30, 2012

Bones of stags, roes, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, dogs and fish were discovered, but no human skeletons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Meyer Berman of Manhattan's Scheinman, Hochslin & Trotta: "There will be new he roes because the stock market needs heroes."

From Time Magazine Archive

The botargo was a relish made of mullet’s roes, and highly seasoned, much in use among the Italians.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)




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