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salinity (iou) and Roe (medicine)


salinity (iou)



salinity noun. M17.
[from SALINE + -ITY.]
The quality of being saline; the concentration of dissolved salts in water etc., usu. expressed in parts per thousand by weight.
Comb.: salinity crisis Geology a period of greatly increased evaporation and salinity in the Mediterranean in the late Miocene.

Roe (medicine)


roe
<zoology> A roebuck. See Roebuck.

The female of any species of deer.

Origin: OE. Ro, AS. Rah; akin to D. Ree, G. Reh, Icel. Ra, SW. Ra.

1. <zoology> 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.

2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

Origin: For roan, OE. Rowne, akin to G. Rogen, OHG. Rogan, Icel. Hrogn, Dan. Rogn, ravn, Sw. Rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. Pebble, Skr. Arkara gravel.

Source: Websters Dictionary