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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roe
       n 1: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture [syn:
             {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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "roe":
     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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.)
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Roe, AR (town, FIPS 60380)
    Location: 34.63085 N, 91.38573 W
    Population (1990): 135 (58 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72134

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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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