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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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These accounts of Zeckendorfs energetic maneuvers and beaux gestes in building are readable.

From Time Magazine Archive

His beaux gestes he carried from war to publishing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wandering minstrels sang these chansons de gestes for centuries, till they were a very part of the nation.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

You are wrong about P. not being powerful—she was tremendous; her voice was one of immense power—almost coarse at times, but prodigious, and her gestes sublime from grace and strength.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

And howe the wyfe of the house was rostinge of a Pyg, whyle her gestes were in their matche.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

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