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noun
A testicle of a vertebrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gonad, sex gland, male reproductive gland
Narrower terms: cobblers, undescended testis, undescended testicle
History
Learned borrowing from Latin testis.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
