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Definition of gonad noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gonad

noun
 
/ˈɡəʊnæd/
 
/ˈɡəʊnæd/
(anatomy)
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  1. a male sex organ that produces sperm; a female sex organ that produces eggs
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin gonades, plural of gonas, from Greek gonē ‘generation, seed’.
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