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2 definitions for Gonad

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  Gonad \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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


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

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