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testes

American  
[tes-teez] / ˈtɛs tiz /

plural noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

  1. plural of testis; the male gonads or reproductive glands located in the scrotum.

testes British  
/ ˈtɛstiːz /

noun

  1. the plural of testis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
testes Cultural  

  1. sing. testis (tes-tis) The two organs in the male reproductive system that produce sperm and testosterone. The testes are housed in the scrotum.

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Testes run alongside the intestine toward the back of the animal.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Testes are from 4-day-old adult males, and ovaries are from mated and virgin 4-day-old adult females. b, Sex-specific splicing events in whole animals are primarily testes- or ovary-specific splicing events.

From Nature • Mar. 15, 2014

Testes are from 4-day-old adult males, and ovaries are from mated and virgin 4-day-old adult females. b, Sex-specific splicing events in whole animals are primarily testes- or ovary-specific splicing events.

From Nature • Mar. 15, 2014

Testes large, branched like a stag's horns, attached in a sheet to the ventral surface of the stomach: the vesicul� seminales enter the prosoma, and have their reflexed ends not very blunt.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Testes several pairs, rarely one pair, continuous with sperm ducts; ovaries, one pair, continuous with oviducts; generative pores single and median.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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