Meaning

2 senses

  1. A witness.

  2. The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Sperm are produced in the testes.

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  2. Slugs, like snails, are hermaphroditic mollusks, who thus have both ovaries and testes.

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  3. The sperm from male humans originates in the seminiferous tubules which are located in the testes.

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Origin

So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly th

So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.

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Forms

plural: testes
Singularteste
Pluraltestes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
testA1testabletestamentC1testertesticletestifyB2testimonyB2
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