Gonad

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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