HERMAPHRODITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hermaphrodite mean? 

• HERMAPHRODITE (noun)
  The noun HERMAPHRODITE 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 made

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

• HERMAPHRODITE (adjective)
  The adjective HERMAPHRODITE has 1 sense:

1. of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs

  Familiarity information: HERMAPHRODITE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERMAPHRODITE (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 ("hermaphrodite" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

hermaphrodite; hermaphroditic (of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs)

hermaphroditic (of or relating to monoclinous plants)

• HERMAPHRODITE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs

Synonyms:

hermaphrodite; hermaphroditic

Similar:

androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

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