hermaphrodite in English

noun
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a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.
In two lines, XX transgenic mice developed as females, and in three lines XX transgenic mice developed as females, hermaphrodites , or males.
adjective
1
of or denoting a person, animal, or plant having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics.
hermaphrodite creatures in classical sculpture

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1. Flower: Bracteate or ebracteolate, Actinomorphic and generally hermaphrodite

2. Synonyms: hermaphrodite, bisexual, androgyne, hermaphroditic More Synonyms of Androgynous

3. 5 synonyms for Androgyne: epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex

4. Blackthorn is a hermaphrodite, meaning both male and female reproductive parts are found in one flower

5. The flowers are pedicellate, bracteate, bracteolate, hermaphrodite, Actinomorphic, regular, sometimes slightly, zygomorphic, complete, hypogynous and pentamerous

6. • a Bilious green color • That warlock was a bloated, horned hermaphrodite draped in Bilious green skin

7. The term “Androgyne” is defined as: “An individual possessing the attributes of both Male and Female; a Hermaphrodite.”

8. The Brooding sea anemone (Epiactis prolifera) is a colonial hermaphrodite that fertilizes and incubates its eggs internally

9. Lipids and fatty acids in active and Aestivated hermaphrodite pulmonate gastropod 288 C22 series in terrestrial herbivore snails

10. Similarly, the integumental structures of the Balanid complemental males are referred, when possible, to homologous structures of the hermaphrodite (fig

11. [From Latin Androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gunē, woman; see -gynous.] an·drog′y·nous·ly adv

12. Characters of Malvaceae: Stellate hairs on the young parts, mucilaginous juice present, leaves alternate, stipulate, multicostate reticulate; inflorescence solitary or cyme; flower Actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, hypogynous

13. The Angiosperm flower typically is a hermaphrodite structure with carpels surrounded by stamens and the latter by petals and sepals, since insect pollination prevails

14. Androgyne - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made epicene , epicene person , gynandromorph , hermaphrodite , intersex

15. "a lesbian," especially one considered tough, mannish, or aggressive, 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, a dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite; but Bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921

16. "a lesbian," especially one considered tough, mannish, or aggressive, 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, a dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite; but Bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921.

17. From the Etymology dictionary: 1931, Amer.Eng., probably shortening of morphadike, dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite, but Bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921, and a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva."

18. Androgynes.The androgyne (from the Greek andros, "man," and gune, "woman") is a creature that is half male and half female.In mythology, such a creature is usually a god and is sometimes called a hermaphrodite, after Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who is said to have grown together with the nymph Salmacis (Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.347 – 388).

19. AndrogyneS.The Androgyne (from the Greek andros, "man," and gune, "woman") is a creature that is half male and half female.In mythology, such a creature is usually a god and is sometimes called a hermaphrodite, after Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who is said to have grown together with the nymph Salmacis (Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.347 – 388).