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gonad
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gonad has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
gonad, n. [Gr. that which generates.].
One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gonad, n. an animal organ producing gametes, e.g. the testis or ovary.
Derivative
gonadal adj.
Etymology
mod.L gonas gonad- f. Gk gone, gonos generation, seed
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