: a reproductive gland (such as an ovary or testis) that produces gametes
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Purple sea urchins tend to be small and lack the rich gonads that make the reds so profitable.
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Rebecca Vega Thurber, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Findings revealed microplastics in nearly all shark samples, with 97.9 percent of gastrointestinal tracts and 95 percent of gonads testing positive.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
If all goes to plan, the cells will travel to the embryo’s gonads, transforming them so that the females produce eggs and the males produce sperm not of the host species but of the moa.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025
The research affirmed previous studies that had found microplastics in these reproductive fluids, and yet again raises important questions, including how these microplastics are absorbed in the intestine then transported to the gonads, Campen said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
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Rebecca Vega Thurber, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Findings revealed microplastics in nearly all shark samples, with 97.9 percent of gastrointestinal tracts and 95 percent of gonads testing positive.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
If all goes to plan, the cells will travel to the embryo’s gonads, transforming them so that the females produce eggs and the males produce sperm not of the host species but of the moa.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 July 2025
The research affirmed previous studies that had found microplastics in these reproductive fluids, and yet again raises important questions, including how these microplastics are absorbed in the intestine then transported to the gonads, Campen said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
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“Gonad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gonad. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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gonad
noun
go·nad
ˈgō-ˌnad 
: a sperm- or egg-producing gland (as a testis or ovary)
called also sex gland
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