PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary sexual characteristic mean? 

• PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTIC (noun)
  The noun PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTIC has 1 sense:

1. the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)

  Familiarity information: PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTIC (noun)

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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 sexual characteristic" 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)