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HARD ROE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
Synonyms:
hard roe; roe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hard roe" is a kind of...):
seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hard roe"):
coral (unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces)
caviar; caviare (salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre)
shad roe (roe of shad; may be parboiled or baked or sauteed gently)
