SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTIC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

Synonyms:

secondary sex character; secondary sex characteristic; secondary sexual characteristic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("secondary sex characteristic" is a kind of...):

sex character; sex characteristic; sexual characteristic (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)

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