Gonad

//ˈɡəʊ.næd// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

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sex glandsex gland

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

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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