gonad
[goh-nad, gon-ad]
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noun Anatomy.
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
Origin of gonad
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genitalia, nuts, vulva, testes, stones, pudenda, ballocks, balls, cullions, rocksExamples from the Web for gonad
Historical Examples of gonad
In some forms the kidney is closely associated with the gonad, and seems to coperate with the latter in the generative functions.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
The gonad is the part most affected; so much so that most authors have interpreted it as testis.
The Organism as a WholeJacques Loeb
In Arca, in Anomiidae and in Pectinidae the gonad opens into the external part of the renal tube.
This fact led Cuvier erroneously to the belief that a duct existed leading from the gonad to this papilla.
The essential reproductive organ or gonad consists of both ovarian and testicular cells (see fig. 42).
gonad
noun
Word Origin for gonad
C19: from New Latin gonas, from Greek gonos seed
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