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gonads

gonads is the plural of gonad.

Meaning of gonad

Noun

gonad (plural gonads)

  1. A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
    • The shape of his gonads must set the ambit of his emotions? No. […] What Bart feels like is mother.2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 82
    1. (in plural, slang) A testicle.

Questions about gonads

What is gonads the plural of?
Gonads is the plural of gonad.

Words near gonads in the dictionary

  1. gonadotropinic
  2. gonadotropinoma
  3. gonadotropinomas
  4. gonadotropins
  5. gonadotropism
  6. gonads
  7. gonaduct
  8. gonaducts
  9. gonadulin
  10. gonagra
  11. Gonagua

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