Definition of hermaphrodite Hermaphrodite

/hɚmæˈfɹʌdajˌt/ - [hermafrudayt] - her•maph•ro•dite

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What does hermaphrodite mean?

Noun Plural: hermaphrodites
hermaphrodite - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
		intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
		bisexual, bisexual person a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes

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hermaphrodite (Noun)
An individual or organism possessing gender- ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
hermaphrodite (Noun)
A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
hermaphrodite (Noun)
A hermaphrodite brig .
hermaphrodite (Adjective)
Having gender- ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.
hermaphrodite (Adjective)
Combining two opposing qualities.

hermaphrodite (n.)
An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant 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. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.
hermaphrodite (a.)
Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.

hermaphrodite
An animal that has both male and female reproductive organs, or a mixture of male and female attributes.
hermaphrodite
A plant whose flowers contain both stamen and carpels.
hermaphrodite
Person with sex characteristics that are neither clearly male nor female.

hermaphrodite
hėr-maf′rod-īt, n. an animal or a plant in which the two sexual characteristics are united: an abnormal individual in whom are united the properties of both sexes.—adj. uniting the distinctions of both sexes.—ns. Hermaph′rodism, Hermaph′roditism, the union of the two sexes in one body.—adjs. Hermaphrodit′ic, -al, pertaining to a hermaphrodite: partaking of both sexes.—Hermaphrodite brig, a brig square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. [L.,—Gr. Hermaphrodītos, the son of Hermēs and Aphroditē, who, when bathing, grew together with the nymph Salmacis into one person.]