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Gonad

//ˈɡəʊ.næd// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

    "The shape of his gonads must set the ambit of his emotions? No. […] What Bart feels like is mother."

  2. 2
    a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced wordnet
  3. 3
    A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.; A testicle. in-plural, slang

Etymology

From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).

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