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Meanings of hermaphrodite in English

Russian
гермафродит
Portuguese
hermafrodita
Catalan
hermafrodita
Spanish
hermafrodita
Wikidata

Organism that has complete or partial male and female reproductive organs.

          Related terms
          гермафродит
          Portuguese
          hermafrodita
          Catalan
          hermafrodita
          Spanish
          hermafroditismo

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

              hermafrodita

              Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs.

                    Related terms

                    Person with sex characteristics that are neither clearly male nor female.

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                          Examples for "hermaphroditic"
                          Examples for "hermaphroditic"
                          1
                          From then on, Luce threw himself into the study of hermaphroditic conditions.
                          The new yorker
                          2
                          You see, the giant African land snail is a hermaphroditic love machine.
                          Wired
                          3
                          A farmer in North Carolina offered a hermaphroditic pig for exhibition, etc.
                          The new yorker
                          4
                          At this time were also reported double hermaphroditic terata, seemingly without latter-day analogues.
                          Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
                          5
                          Therefore, ancestral hermaphroditic animals were outcompeted by ancestral sexed animals.
                          The Red Queen
                          Usage of hermaphrodite in English
                          1
                          However, there is a hermaphrodite form, which completely gets over the problem.
                          The Guardian
                          2
                          In so doing he brought about the conception of Agdistis, a hermaphrodite.
                          A Wiccan Bible
                          3
                          It is said to be androgynous or hermaphrodite-henceits peculiarly sacred character.
                          The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion
                          4
                          We have here an example of hermaphrodite flowers which are sexually different.
                          Darwin and Modern Science
                          5
                          He was half ignorant and half learned, like an hermaphrodite of Satan.
                          Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
                          6
                          Scandinavian deity sometimes described as a hermaphrodite, but most often cited as female.
                          A Wiccan Bible
                          7
                          That of the hermaphrodite blossoms would be, in brief, as follows:
                          Vegetable Teratology / An Account of the Principal Deviations fr...
                          8
                          A female or a male makes only one type; a hermaphrodite makes both.
                          Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
                          9
                          Rare though the true hermaphrodite may be, the partial hermaphrodite is relatively frequent.
                          The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
                          10
                          Creator god of the Congo who was neither male, nor female, nor hermaphrodite.
                          A Wiccan Bible
                          11
                          This day sailed the Mexican hermaphrodite brig Fazio, for San Blas and Mazatlan.
                          Two Years Before the Mast
                          12
                          By what graduated steps an hermaphrodite condition was acquired we do not know.
                          The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...
                          13
                          Lan Ts'ai-ho is variously stated to have been a woman and an hermaphrodite.
                          Myths and Legends of China
                          14
                          There are plenty of examples of hermaphrodite invertebrates: leopard slugs are one of many.
                          BBC
                          15
                          Orlando reflects for a few minutes when the Neon Park hermaphrodite makes this offer.
                          Grand junction
                          16
                          I'm not sure when I understood she was a hermaphrodite.
                          Year's best sf 15
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                          Translations for hermaphrodite
                          Hermaphrodite through the time
                          Hermaphrodite across language varieties
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