ANDROGYNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does androgyne mean? 

• ANDROGYNE (noun)
  The noun ANDROGYNE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ANDROGYNE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDROGYNE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

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

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

Derivation:

androgenous (of or related to androgenesis)

androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)