roe

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The roe-deer.
2. n. Improperly, the adult female of the hart; the doe of the stag or red deer.
3. n. The spawn of a fish. That of the male is sperm, called milt or soft roe; that of the female is the mass of eggs, distinguished as hard roe. Roe is much eaten, either in its natural state or variously prepared. See botargo, caviar.
4. n. The spawn of various crustaceans, used for food, as the berry, coral, or mass of eggs of the female lobster.
5. n. A mottled appearance in wood, especially in mahogany, being the alternate streak of light and shade running with the grain, or from end to end of the log.

Wiktionary

1. n. The eggs of fish.
2. n. The sperm of certain fish.
3. n. The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
4. n. A small, nimble Eurasian deer, Capreolus capreolus, with short three-pointed antlers, no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter.
5. n. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A roebuck. See roebuck.
2. n. The female of any species of deer.
3. n. (Zoöl.) 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.
4. n. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
2. n. the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster
3. n. the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
4. n. eggs of female fish