hermaphrodite
A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristicsA person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
» Snails are hermaphrodites.
Равлики — гермафродити.
Meaning
7 senses(dated, offensive)A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
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.
(dated, offensive)A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
A hermaphrodite brig.
A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
(World War I, historical)An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.
Zwitter, Hermaphrodit, Hermaphroditin
гермафроди́тgermafrodít
гермафроди́тhermafrodýt
Examples
2 sentencesSnails are hermaphrodites.
Равлики — гермафродити. — deniko
Earthworms are hermaphrodites.
ruДождевые черви - гермафродиты. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naFrom Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.
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Forms
plural: hermaphrodites| Singular | hermaphrodite |
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made:intersexgynandromorphandrogyneepiceneepicene person