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"ref": "1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 40:",
"text": "It was quite flavourless, except that, where its innards had been imperfectly removed, silver traces of roe gave it an unpleasant bitterness.",
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"ref": "2003 July 20, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Humble Paddlefish Fulfills Southerners' Caviar Dreams”, in The New York Times:",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "eggs of fish",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xizilala",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ხიზილალა"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "avgotáracha",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "αυγοτάραχα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ikra"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "hrogn"
},
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"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "bugi"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "maukku"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "kalanmarja"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "mukkura"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "uova"
},
{
"alt": "たまご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tamago",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "卵"
},
{
"alt": "ぎょらん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gyoran",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "魚卵"
},
{
"code": "kaa",
"lang": "Karakalpak",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "уўылдырық"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uyldyryq",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "уылдырық"
},
{
"code": "kjh",
"lang": "Khakas",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ӧрген"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "al",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "알"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mulgogial",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "물고기알"
},
{
"alt": "鯤鮞",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "goni",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "곤이"
},
{
"alt": "魚卵",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eoran",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "어란"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ikra",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "икра"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "uruk",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "урук"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khai pā",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ໄຂ່ປາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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"word": "ova"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ikri"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
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],
"word": "ikrai"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "íkra",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "и́кра"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "iṇaṟ",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ഇണർ"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "panaññil",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "പനഞ്ഞിൽ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "hua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "koua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "tōhua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "pē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "kouaha"
},
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "pewa ika"
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"code": "mic",
"lang": "Mi'kmaq",
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{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "türs",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "түрс"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "rogn"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "balık yumurtası",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "بالق یومورطهسی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ešpel",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "اشپل"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ikra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ovas"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "icre"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ikrá",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "икра́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "икра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "мрест"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ikra"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mrest"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "khài pǎa",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ၶႆႇပႃ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ikra"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ikra"
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{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "jagły"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "huevas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "rom"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "bihud"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tuxm",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "тухм"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tuxm-i mohi",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "тухми моҳӣ"
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{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "uwıldıq",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "уылдык"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kài bplaa",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ไข่ปลา"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "nya gong",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ཉ་གོང"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "balık yumurtası"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "oğulduruk"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ikrá",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ікра́"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "ikra"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "uvuldiriq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "trứng cá"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "fitanögem"
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"code": "vo",
"english": "sperm",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"word": "fitaspärmat"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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"word": "gronell"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
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],
"word": "bol caled"
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "eggs of fish",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kût"
}
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"word": "roe"
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"word": "roe deer"
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"ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:",
"text": "And let his foes like flockes of feareful Roes,\nPurſude by hunters, flie his angry lookes,\nThat I may ſee him iſſue Conquerour.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:",
"text": "The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1814, Walter Scott, chapter 12, in Waverley:",
"text": "\"[...] and we may, God willing, meet with a roe. The roe, Captain Waverley, may be hunted at all times alike; for never being in what is called pride of grease, he is also never out of season, though it be a truth that his venison is not equal to that of either the red or fallow deer. But he will serve to show how my dogs run [...]\"",
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[
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"enpr": "rō",
"tags": [
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},
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{
"homophone": "Rowe"
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{
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}
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