gonad

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊ.næd/

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• Rhymes: -əʊnæd

gonad (plural gonads)

1. (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
   • 2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 82:

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

   1. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.

• (sex gland): sex gland

• Gonad and Sex organ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “gonad”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “gonad”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “gonad”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand