Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The roe of fish.
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Examples
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Thumbs Up: Tzatziki (cucumber, yogurt, and garlic dip); Taramosalata (creamy fish-roe spread); Avgolemono soup; feta and other sheep and goat cheeses; roasted, skewered (souvlaki), or grilled or braised lamb, beef, pork, and chicken; gyro platter; grilled shrimp, octopus, or fish.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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Thumbs Up: Tzatziki (cucumber, yogurt, and garlic dip); Taramosalata (creamy fish-roe spread); Avgolemono soup; feta and other sheep and goat cheeses; roasted, skewered (souvlaki), or grilled or braised lamb, beef, pork, and chicken; gyro platter; grilled shrimp, octopus, or fish.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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Working on fish-roe he studied the protamines and hexone bases.
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This consisted of a variety of dried and smoked fish, pickled fish-roe, and other hyperborean pickles, the nature of which, whether animal or vegetable, I could not determine.
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant
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Caviare is made out of any kind of fish-roe; but the recherché sort, only from that of the sturgeon.
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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The exports consist of fish, particularly salted cod, fish-roe, tallow, train-oil, eider-down, and feathers of other birds, almost equal to eider-down in softness, sheep's wool, and pickled or salted lamb.
Visit to Iceland Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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Koeeklass, _A wooden stage_, or _frame, on which the fish-roe is dried_.
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Kakkumipt, _A sea-weed_, or _grass, on which they strew fish-roe_.
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