Meaning of GONAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'gownad
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced |
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GONAD is a 5 letter word that starts with G. |
| | See Also: | | ball, ballock, bollock, ductless gland, egg, endocrine gland, nut, orchis, ovary, ovotestis, testicle, testis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A sex organ, such as an ovary or a testicle, which produces the gametes in most multicellular animals. |
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