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pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

exes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

The testes, or spermaries, of fishes when filled with spermatozoa.

t mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.

still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.

ating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power. Semen contra, or Semen cinæ or cynæ, a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, pe…

One of the testes; a testicle. Shak.