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Hermaphroditism

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Noun

1. hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism

congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

2. androgyny, bisexuality, hermaphroditism

showing characteristics of both sexes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hermaphroditism

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noun
1. biology
an individual animal or flower that has both male and female reproductive organs
2. 
a person having both male and female sexual characteristics and genital tissues
3. 
a person or thing in which two opposite forces or qualities are combined
adjective
4. 
having the characteristics of a hermaphrodite

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Hermaphroditism

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noun
1. 
a person or animal with the sexual organs of both the male and the female
2. 
a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower
3. 
hermaphrodite brig
adjective
4. 
hermaphroditic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hermaphroditism

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n.
1. The presence of both male and female reproductive organs that is typical of certain plants and animals, as in a monoecious plant or an earthworm.
2. The presence in some humans and in some individuals of other animal species of both male and female reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics in the same individual.

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