testicle

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.

• enPR: tĕsʹtĭ-kəl, IPA^(key): /ˈtɛstɪkəl/

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testicle (plural testicles)

1. The male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
   • 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, page 372:

     Despite your jogging and the hairiness of your legs, the shoe of aging is beginning to pinch. Soon you'll regret all that sun-tanning. Your face will look like a testicle.

• testis (medical)
• ball (perhaps vulgar)
• bollock (perhaps alteration of "ballock")
• lamb fries (culinary)
• See also Thesaurus:testicles

• genitals

• test
• testament
• testicond
• testicular
• testiculate
• testify
• testimony

• scrotum
• bulla
• bull
• bullock

• telestic

From Latin testicle, diminutive of testis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /təsˈti.klə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tesˈti.kle/

testicle m (plural testicles)

1. testicle