meaning of hermaphrodites
1. A hermaphrodite is an individual who has the attributes of both male and female, or who unites in itself the two sexes.
Hermaphrodites can be an animals or plants, having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates.
2. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
3. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
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hermaphrodite | hermaphrodite brig | hermaphroditic | hermaphroditical | hermaphroditism | hermaphroditus |
