The tag alias #58688 ovitestes -> ovotestes has been approved.

Reason: The correct plural spelling for this type of gonad. Not going to cross my fingers on this being granted because there are only three images that use the current tag as of this writing.

EDIT: The tag alias ovitestes -> ovotestes (forum #342875) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

Looks like it's actually ovotestis. I'm not sure post #2838491 should even count, the testes are up next to the ovaries, but they're still separate.

Ovotestis are hybrid gonads which produce both from the same source, which probably has to actually be shown to even count for Tag What You See, which might also then exclude post #2532174 and post #2532037, since those look like ambiguous bags of organ, not the actual gonads.

furrin_gok said:
Looks like it's actually ovotestis. I'm not sure post #2838491 should even count, the testes are up next to the ovaries, but they're still separate.

Ovotestis are hybrid gonads which produce both from the same source, which probably has to actually be shown to even count for Tag What You See, which might also then exclude post #2532174 and post #2532037, since those look like ambiguous bags of organ, not the actual gonads.

In the case of the latter two, they are visibly labeled in the images; though with the wrong spelling of the term. Don't know how that factors in. Also ovotesis is the singular form (or so google claims), and ovotestes is the plural form (again according to google).

swordfox said:
In the case of the latter two, they are visibly labeled in the images; though with the wrong spelling of the term. Don't know how that factors in. Also ovotesis is the singular form (or so google claims), and ovotestes is the plural form (again according to google).

It actually seems to apply as they're not just words, but an anatomical diagram. Also, what else are they going to be with that anatomy? Kidneys? XD

Actually, good question: Do we follow the "plural is redundant since it implies the singular case" (counting rule) or the "breasts because they're 99.9% of the time plural and breast implies more than one, anyways" rule? Ovaries usually come in pairs but with some species... There have been some humans with only one testicle because of injuries or surgery, also. Don't we still use 'testes' and not 'testicle'? Well, balls but same idea with plurality. Come to think of it, not sure if we have a separate tag when the testes are visible/x-ray/etc. I guess when I see it, I'll check if it exists, hehe.

alphamule said:
Actually, good question: Do we follow the "plural is redundant since it implies the singular case" (counting rule) or the "breasts because they're 99.9% of the time plural and breast implies more than one, anyways" rule? Ovaries usually come in pairs but with some species... There have been some humans with only one testicle because of injuries or surgery, also. Don't we still use 'testes' and not 'testicle'? Well, balls but same idea with plurality. Come to think of it, not sure if we have a separate tag when the testes are visible/x-ray/etc. I guess when I see it, I'll check if it exists, hehe.

Generally speaking, we alias plurals to singular because if there's several of them, there's at least one of them. However, in certain cases, the assumed default is plurals. These are usually anatomical things (eyes, ears, breasts, gonads, etc.) in which it can usually be safely assume that if there's one, there is most likely two.

The tag alias ovitestes -> ovotestes (forum #342875) has been approved by @gattonero2001.