1. Of or pertaining to, containing, or having the nature or function of a testicle or testicles.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Testicular,… belonging to the stones of man or beast.
1775. in Ash.
1841–71. T. R. Jones, Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4), 255. The fifth segment [of the earthworm], from behind, is again testicular,… so that the first and the last segments in this region are testicular, the three intermediate ones being ovarian.
1899. Cagney, trans. Jaksch’s Clin. Diagn., ix. The spermatic or testicular secretion.
2. Resembling a testicle in form; testiculate.
1769. E. Bancroft, Guiana, 73. Berries of a reddish yellow colour, and testicular form.
1821. W. P. C. Barton, Flora N. Amer., I. 53. The genus orchis … derives its name from the testicular shape of the roots in many species.
