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Gonad

🔄 Synonyms of "Gonad"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
nutnoun	(food, loosely) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
bollocknoun	(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
testiclenoun	(more commonly) Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
ballocknoun	Alternative spelling of bollock. [(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.]
testisnoun	(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
eggnoun	(countable, zoology) (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gonad"

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Word	Definition
testiclenoun	(more commonly) Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
testisnoun	(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
eggnoun	(countable, zoology) (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
bollocknoun	(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
ballocknoun	Alternative spelling of bollock. [(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.]
nutnoun	(food, loosely) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
roenoun	Eggs of fish.
gonadotrophnoun	(anatomy) A gonadotrope.
ovarynoun	(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
sex glandnoun	(anatomy) A gland in which sex cells are produced.
reproductive organnoun	any organ involved in sexual reproduction
sex organnoun	(anatomy) An organ responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.
spermarynoun	(anatomy) An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
testiolenoun	(anatomy) The structure, in the testes, from which spermatogonia are generated
oogoniumnoun	(botany, mycology) A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.
ovumnoun	(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
oogametenoun	The female gamete; the egg cell or oosphere.
gonocytenoun	(biology) A long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
ovulumnoun	(botany, now rare) An ovule.