We found 1 definitions of sexual characteristic from 1 different sources.
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sexual characteristic - those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other | ||
sex characteristic, sex character | ||
characteristic, feature a distinguishing quality | ||
primary sex character, primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) | ||
secondary sex character, secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |