gonad

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gon=ad

CIDE DICTIONARY

gonad, n. [Gr. that which generates.].

 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gonad, n. an animal organ producing gametes, e.g. the testis or ovary.

Derivative

gonadal adj.

Etymology

mod.L gonas gonad- f. Gk gone, gonos generation, seed