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Ovaries

A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

📖 Definitions of "Ovaries"

noun

1
A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
"The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries."
2
The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
eggs	a 1995 Norwegian comedy film by Bent Hamer.
meroistic	(biology) Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova
panoistic	(entomology) Producing ova only; said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.
polytrophic	(biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
ovariumnoun	(archaic) An ovary.
oophoronnoun	(medicine) Synonym of ovary.
gonadsnoun	(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
ovarianoun	—
oophorenoun	(biology) A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.
ovariolesnoun	(insectology) a tubular component of the insect ovary, a basic unit of egg production
reproductive organs	any organ involved in sexual reproduction
sex glands	(anatomy) A gland in which sex cells are produced.
reproductive glands	—
cojonesnoun	(slang, usually vulgar) Synonym of balls (“testicles; courage, masculinity”).
proverbial	Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
huevosnoun	Huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish
yarblesnoun	(slang, vulgar) Testicles.
family jewelsnoun	(idiomatic, euphemistic) The testicles.
ballocksnoun	Alternative form of bollocks. [The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)]
bagsnoun	(often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity.