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Gonad

Gonad Meaning & Definition
Gonad Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gonad?

[n] a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced

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See Also | ball | ballock | bollock | ductless gland | egg | endocrine gland | nut | orchis | ovary | ovotestis | testicle | testis

Gonad In Webster's Dictionary

\Gon"ad\, n.; pl. {Gonads}. [Gr. ? that which generates.] (Anat.) 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.

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