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PRIMARY SEX CHARACTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primary sex character mean?
• PRIMARY SEX CHARACTER (noun)
The noun PRIMARY SEX CHARACTER has 1 sense:
1. the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
Familiarity information: PRIMARY SEX CHARACTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRIMARY SEX CHARACTER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
primary sex character; primary sex characteristic; primary sexual characteristic
Hypernyms ("primary sex character" is a kind of...):
sex character; sex characteristic; sexual characteristic (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)
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