hermaphrodite
noun
- organism with both male and female reproductive organs
adjective
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Pronunciation: /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.
- Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
- Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.
- Combining two opposing qualities.
noun
Etymology: From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.
- A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
- Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
“An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.”
- Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
“Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.”
- A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
- A hermaphrodite brig.
- A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
- An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.