Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROE
ROD-O-MONT'AD-IST, or ROD-O-MONT-A'DORROE'-STONE
ROE, n. [G. rogen; Dan. rogn, ravn; that which is ejected. So in Dan. roge, is spittle.]
The seed or spawn of fishes. The roe of the male is called soft roe, or milt; that of the female, hard roe or spawn. – Encyc.
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