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SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secondary sex character mean?
• SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER (noun)
The noun SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER has 1 sense:
1. the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
Familiarity information: SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
secondary sex character; secondary sex characteristic; secondary sexual characteristic
Hypernyms ("secondary sex character" 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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