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testicle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun testicle has 1 sense
- testicle(n = noun.body) ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" has parts: arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery, testicular vein, vena testicularis, seminiferous tubule, epididymis, rete testis, ductus deferens, vas deferens, spermatic cord
is a part of male reproductive system, family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals
is a kind of gonad, sex gland, male reproductive gland
has particulars: cobblers, undescended testicle, undescended testis
Derived form adjective testicular1
CIDE DICTIONARY
testicle, n. [L. testiculus, dim. of testis a testicle, probably the same word as testis a witness, as being a witness to manhood. Cf. Test a witness.].
One of the essential male genital glands which secrete the semen. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
testicle, n. a male organ that produces spermatozoa etc., esp. one of a pair enclosed in the scrotum behind the penis of a man and most mammals.
Derivative
testicular adj.
Etymology
ME f. L testiculus dimin. of testis witness (of virility)
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