Associations to the word «testes»

Wiktionary

TESTIS, noun. (anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
TESTIS, noun. (biology) An analogous gland in invertebrates such as the hydra.

Dictionary definition

TESTIS, noun. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats