hermaphrodite
Meaning of hermaphrodite
noun
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.
adjective- of or denoting a person, animal, or plant having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics.
hermaphrodite creatures in classical sculpture
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek hermaphroditos (see Hermaphroditus).
Information about hermaphrodite
- The plural form of hermaphrodite is: hermaphrodites.
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Hyphenation of hermaphrodite
her-maph-ro-dite
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- hermaphrodite is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
hermaphrodite synonyms
Meaning hermaphroditic:
Meaning intersex:
intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicine
Meaning a person who is sexually attracted not exclusively to people of one particular gender:
Meaning having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex:
Meaning (of a plant) having stamens and pistils in the same flower:
Meaning (of a flower) having stamens and pistil united in one column, as in orchids:
Translation of hermaphrodite
- Spanish: hermafrodita
- French: hermaphrodite, intersexe
- German: Hermaphrodit, Zwitter
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