gonad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
    sex gland.

WordNet

Gon"ad noun
Etymology
Gr. that which generates.
Wordforms
plural Gonads
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913