| oval | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. ellipse, oval | a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant" |
| ~ conic, conic section | (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone. |
| ~ circle | ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point.; "he calculated the circumference of the circle" |
| adj. | 2. egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate | rounded like an egg. |
| ~ rounded | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged.; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
| ovum | | |
| n. (body) | 1. egg cell, ovum | the female reproductive cell; the female gamete. |
| ~ egg | animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds. |
| ~ gamete | a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. |
| ~ ootid | mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote. |
| ~ ovule | a small or immature ovum. |
| ~ female reproductive system | the reproductive system of females. |
| testicle | | |
| n. (body) | 1. ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis | one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" |
| ~ arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery | a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles. |
| ~ testicular vein, vena testicularis | a vein from the testicles. |
| ~ male reproductive system | the reproductive system of males. |
| ~ family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals | external male sex organs. |
| ~ seminiferous tubule | any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature. |
| ~ gonad, sex gland | a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced. |
| ~ cobblers | a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball). |
| ~ male reproductive gland | the reproductive organs of a man. |
| ~ undescended testicle, undescended testis | a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops.; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" |
| ~ epididymis | a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens. |
| ~ rete testis | network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia. |
| ~ ductus deferens, vas deferens | a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct. |
| ~ spermatic cord | a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves. |
| testis | | |
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