herring roe

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• herring roe on kelp — a fishery where the eggs of herring are gathered from seaweed fronds in the Pacific northwest …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Roe — or hard roe is the fully ripe internal ovaries or egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop and sea urchins. As a seafood roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many dishes and as a raw ingredient.Caviar is a name …   Wikipedia

• roe — roe1 /roh/, n. 1. the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish. 2. the milt or sperm of the male fish. 3. the eggs of any of various crustaceans, as the coral of the lobster. [1400 50; late ME rowe; c. OHG rogo] roe2 …   Universalium

• ROE — Accounting. return on equity. * * * ▪ zoology       either the mass of eggs of a female fish (hard roe) or the mass of sperm, or milt, of a male fish (soft roe), considered as food. The most prized of hard roes is that of the sturgeon, from which …   Universalium

• roe — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• herring — noun (plural herring or herrings) Etymology: Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring; akin to Old High German hārinc herring Date: before 12th century 1. either of two food fishes (genus Clupeus): a. one (C. harengus) that is abundant in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Soused herring — Herring vendor at Koningsplein in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Brined herr …   Wikipedia

• Pacific herring — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Michael Roe — For other people named Michael Roe, see Michael Roe (disambiguation). Michael Roe Background information Born October 12, 1954 (1954 10 12) …   Wikipedia

• bismarck herring — noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: translation of German bismarckhering, after Prince Otto von Bismarck Schönhausen : filleted salt herring marinated in wine, vinegar, and spices and served cold with raw onion and lemon * * * salted… …   Useful english dictionary

• Bismarck herring — salted fillet and roe of herring, pickled in vinegar, white wine, and spices, served cold, often as an hors d oeuvre. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium