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GYNANDROMORPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gynandromorph mean? 

GYNANDROMORPH (noun)
  The noun GYNANDROMORPH has 1 sense:

1. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be madeplay

  Familiarity information: GYNANDROMORPH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GYNANDROMORPH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

androgyne; epicene; epicene person; gynandromorph; hermaphrodite; intersex

Hypernyms ("gynandromorph" is a kind of...):

bisexual; bisexual person (a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes)

Derivation:

gynandromorphous (having both male and female morphological characteristics)


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