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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Cape elk, Partlet, Virginia deer, albumen, anguille, antelope, biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, caviar, cow, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, eland, elk, ewe, ewe lamb, fallow deer, fawn, filly, fish, fish eggs, gazelle, giraffe, glair, gnu, guinea hen, gyp, hart, hartebeest, heifer, hen, hind, jenny, kaama, kipper, kippered salmon, lioness, mare, moose, mule deer, musk deer, nanny, nanny goat, okapi, ovule, peahen, poisson, red deer, red herring, reindeer, roe deer, roebuck, seafood, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, slut, smoked herring, sow, spawn, springbok, stag, tigress, vitellus, vixen, white, wildebeest, yellow, yolk

Dictionary Results for roe:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

roe
    n 1: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
         [syn: roe, hard roe]
    2: eggs of female fish
    3: the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the
       lobster
    4: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Roe \Roe\, n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG.
   rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain
   origin; cf. Gr. ??? pebble, Skr. ?arkar[=a] gravel.]
   1. (Zool.) 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood,
      especially in mahogany.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Roe \Roe\, n. [OE. ro, AS. r[=a]h; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel.
   r[=a], SW. r[*a].] (Zool.)
   (a) A roebuck. See Roebuck.
   (b) The female of any species of deer.
       [1913 Webster]

4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Roe
   (Heb. tsebi), properly the gazelle (Arab. ghazal), permitted for
   food (Deut. 14:5; comp. Deut. 12:15, 22; 15:22; 1 Kings 4:23),
   noted for its swiftness and beauty and grace of form (2 Sam.
   2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Cant. 2:9; 7:3; 8:14).
   
     The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great numbers in
   Palestine. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still 'the roe
   upon the mountains of Bether,' and I have seen a little troop of
   gazelles feeding on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem
   itself" (Tristram).
   
     The Hebrew word ('ayyalah) in Prov. 5: 19 thus rendered (R.V.,
   "doe"), is properly the "wild she-goat," the mountain goat, the
   ibex. (See 1 Sam. 24:2; Ps. 104:18; Job 39:1.)

5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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:            60380
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             34.630946 N, 91.385853 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     72134
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Roe, AR
    Roe

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