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HERMAPHRODITE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Synonyms:

androgyne; epicene; epicene person; gynandromorph; hermaphrodite; intersex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hermaphrodite" is a kind of...):

bisexual; bisexual person (a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes)

Derivation:

hermaphrodite; hermaphroditic (of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs)

hermaphroditic (of or relating to monoclinous plants)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs

Synonyms:

hermaphrodite; hermaphroditic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

hermaphrodite (one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made)

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