Either of two small Eurasian deer of the genus Capreolus, which have no visible tail, and the males of which have short upright antlers with…

The roe of the sturgeon and other large fish obtained from lakes and rivers of the east of Europe, pressed and salted, and eaten as a relish.

= caviar, n.

As a mass noun or in plural. Originally: †the roe of a lobster (= coral, n.1 5a) (obsolete). In later use: the spawn of a lobster or other…

reddish roe from fish other than the sturgeon.

transferred. The unimpregnated roe or eggs of the lobster; so called from the colour when boiled. Also of crabs.

Caviar from the Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii. Hence also: the fish itself; = osetr, n.