gonad

2 definitions found

gonad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gonad \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.
     [1913 Webster]

gonad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gonad
      n 1: a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced [syn:
           gonad, sex gland]