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HERMAPHRODITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hermaphrodite mean?
• HERMAPHRODITE (noun)
The noun HERMAPHRODITE 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: HERMAPHRODITE used as a noun is very rare.
• HERMAPHRODITE (adjective)
The adjective HERMAPHRODITE has 1 sense:
1. of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs
Familiarity information: HERMAPHRODITE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs
Synonyms:
hermaphrodite; hermaphroditic
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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