roe

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Wild as the roe, and deep with undreamt dreams. "

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  1. noun The eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish.
  2. noun The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans, such as the lobster.
  3. noun The roe deer.

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  1. Middle English row, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch roge.
  2. Middle English ro, from Old English rā, rāha.

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  1. from Middle English ro, roo, ra, from Anglo-Saxon rā, rāh, rāha, raa, masculine (also, in comp., rāh-deór), a roe, rāge, rǣ̤ge, feminine, a wild she-goat, a roe, = Dutch ree, roe, roebuck, = Old Low German rēho, Middle Low German rē = Old High German rēh (rēh-), n., rēho, masculine, reia, feminine, Middle High German rēch (rēh-), German reh, n., Old High German reia, feminine, also riccha, Middle High German *ricke, German ricke, feminine, = Icelandic rā, feminine, = Swedish rå = Danish raa, roe, roebuck.
  2. Oftener in plural roes; early modern English also roughes, plural; prop, roan or rone, as still in English dial. use (the terminal -n being mistaken for the plural suffix -n, -en, as in eyne, kine, shoon); English dial. roan, rone, roun, rown, rawn, and with excrescent -d, round, early modern English also roughne; from Middle English rowne, rawne, from Anglo-Saxon *hrogn (not recorded) = Middle Low German rogen, rogel, Low German rögen = Old High German *hrogan, rogan, rogo, Middle High German rogen, roge, German rogen = Icelandic hrogn = Swedish rom = Danish rogn and ravn, roe. Root unknown; some compare Greek κρόκη, κροκάλη, a rounded pebble, Latin calx, lime, a stone, diminutive calculus, a pebble, Sanskrit çarkara, gravel, Welsh careg, a stone, etc.: see calx.
 

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