gonads

[ (goh-nadz) ]

The organs in animals that produce sex cells: ovaries in the female, testes in the male.

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The gonads are pink in the males, and yellow in the females.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
Gonads contained in the visceral mass and generally open into renal cavities.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1|Various
The contents of the gonads drop into the central cavity and pass out through the mouth.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
In birds taken by Coultas in November the gonads were beginning to enlarge; specimens taken in December had swollen gonads.
The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3|Rollin H. Baker

Although the hybrid appears to be male, the gonads (especially the right one) are poorly developed.
Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae)|Frank B. Cross