Hermaphrodite

[hɜː'mæfrədaɪt] or [hɝ'mæfrədaɪt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.

編輯:梅根--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

(a.) Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.

整理:希欧多尔

解釋/意思:

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.

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