HERMAPHRODITE

Hermaphrodite

In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.

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hermaphrodite

Noun

  1. An individual or organism possessing gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
    An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
  2. A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
  3. A hermaphrodite brig.

Adjective

  1. Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.
  2. Combining two opposing qualities.


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