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Hero, initially denied, scrambled eggs (3)

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roe

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'eggs' is the definition.
(fish eggs)

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(Other definitions for roe that I've seen before include "Lobster's ripe ovary" , "Part of fish, sounds like go through water" , "eg Caviare" , "A mass of fish-eggs" , "Mass of fish's eggs" .)

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