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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gonad /ˈgəʊnad/

▶noun Physiology & Zoology an organ that produces gametes; a testis or ovary.

– derivatives
gonadal /gə(ʊ)ˈneɪd(ə)l/ adjective.

– origin C19: from mod. L. gonades, pl. of gonas, from Gk gonē ‘generation, seed’.

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