fish roe

Eggs from seafood

Fish roe is the eggs of fish, harvested for eating.

The eggs are typically small, round, and clustered together in a membrane sac.

Caviar is the roe of sturgeon; other types include salmon roe, tobiko (flying fish), and masago (capelin).

Roe appears in sushi, as garnish, or spread on toast: The dish was topped with glistening fish roe.

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part of fish

fish roefish fillet

Deboned seafood cut

fish bone · white fish · fish head

culinary delicacy status

fish roefish sticks

Breaded frozen seafood portions

canned tuna · fish fingers · frozen fish · surimi · imitation crab

culinary texture/preparation

fish roefish fillet

Deboned seafood cut

baked fish · fish jerky · dried fish

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