OVOTESTIS

ovotestis

(noun) hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue

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Etymology

Noun

ovotestis (plural ovotestes)

(biology) An intersex gonad with both testicular and ovarian aspects, found as a normal gonad in certain gastropods, where it produces both sperm and eggs, and found in humans and some other animals as an intersex condition (associated with gonadal dysgenesis).

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7 February 2025

STORY

(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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