“roes” is a form of
roe
UK /ˈɹəʊ/ · US /ˈɹoʊ/ noun, proper noun
Forms roes R.O.E. R. O. E.
- noun Eggs of fish.
- noun Sperm of certain fish.
- noun Ovaries of certain crustaceans.
- noun A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
- proper noun A surname transferred from the nickname.
- proper noun A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
- proper noun A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
- noun (FFXIV fandom slang) An individual of the orclike Roegadyn race.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“(frog) spawn”).
Cognate with Dutch roge (“roe”), German Low German Rögen (“roe”), German Rogen (“roe”), Danish rogn, ravn (“roe”), Swedish rom (“roe”), Icelandic hrogn (“roe”), Lithuanian kurkulai̇̃ (“frog spawn”), Russian кряк (krjak, “frog spawn”).
From Middle English ro, roa, from Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, from *róyko-, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“spotted, streaked”).
See also Saterland Frisian Räi, Dutch ree, German Reh; also Irish riabh (“tripe, streak”), Latvian ràibs (“spotted”), Russian рябо́й (rjabój, “mottled fur”).
From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.
From Irish an Ró ("the roaring one").
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
Etymology [OE. ro, AS. rah; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel. ra, SW. rå.]
Etymology [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG. rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. gravel.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “roe”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details