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Roe — or hard roe is the fully ripe internal ovaries or egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop and sea urchins. As a seafood roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many dishes and as a raw ingredient.Caviar is a name … Wikipedia
Roe — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alliott Verdon Roe (1877–1958), britischer Luftfahrtpionier Allison Roe (* 1956), neuseeländische Langstreckenläuferin Bartholomew Roe (1583–1641), englischer Benediktiner, Märtyrer Channon Roe (* 1971),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
RoE — Retention of Employment Model (RoE) England, Wales A model that allows public sector employees to opt out of the transfer of their employment to a private sector provider under TUPE. Under the RoE model, staff remain public sector employees and… … Law dictionary
roe — Ⅰ. roe [1] ► NOUN 1) (also hard roe) the mass of eggs contained in the ovaries of a female fish or shellfish, especially when ripe and used as food. 2) (soft roe) the ripe testes of a male fish, especially when used as food. ORIGIN related to Low … English terms dictionary
roe — the deer [OE] and roe ‘fish eggs’ [15] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *raikh , which also produced German reh, Dutch ree, Swedish råa, and Danish raa. Its underlying meaning may be ‘spotted’, an allusion to the … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
roe — the deer [OE] and roe ‘fish eggs’ [15] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *raikh , which also produced German reh, Dutch ree, Swedish råa, and Danish raa. Its underlying meaning may be ‘spotted’, an allusion to the … Word origins
ROE — is:* Return On Equity, an economics acronym * Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland * Rubies of Eventide, an online game acronym * Rules of engagement, a military acronym * [http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/ROE Rich Open multitrack media… … Wikipedia
Roe — 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)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
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 … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
roe — roe1 [rō] n. [ME rowe, rowne, akin to (or < ?) ON hrogn, akin to OHG rogo < IE base * krek > Latvian kur̂kulis, frog s eggs] 1. fish eggs, esp. when still massed in the ovarian membrane 2. the swollen ovaries or expelled eggs of certain… … English World dictionary
Roe — Roe, n. [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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
