soft roe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft roe
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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A bloater with a soft roe," he says; "just what Jackie likes!
From Birds in Town and Village by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
The soft roe, or spermatic part, of the male fish.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
The greedy Vitellius, growing tired of this dish, would at last, as Suetonius assures us, eat only the soft roe; and numerous vessels ploughed the seas in order to obtain it for him.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various
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