hermaphrodite

C2 Topic:Science & Research

US /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #43462

Meanings

1

noun
Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.

An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
2

noun
Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.

Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.
3

adj
of animal or plant
4

noun
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 adj · of animal or plant hermaphroditic

4 noun · one having both male and... epicene

More ambisexualandrogyneandrogynouscosexualdichogamousgynandromorphintersexmaphroditemophroditemorphodite

Word family

Derived forms androhermaphroditeeuhermaphroditehermhermaphrodismhermaphroditishhermaphroditismhermaphroditizepseudohermaphrodite

Related forms berdachegenderqueertwo-spirit

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Phrases (1)

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hermaphrodite brig
a two-masted sailing vessel with square sails forward and fore-and-aft sails on the mainmast

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

Topics

Science & Research

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# hermaphrodite

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 43462

## Meanings
1. Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
2. Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
3. of animal or plant
4. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs

## Examples
- An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
- Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.

## Synonyms
- ambisexual
- androgyne
- androgynous
- cosexual
- dichogamous
- gynandromorph
- hermaphroditic
- intersex
- maphrodite
- mophrodite
- morphodite

## Derived Forms
- androhermaphrodite
- euhermaphrodite
- herm
- hermaphrodism
- hermaphroditish
- hermaphroditism
- hermaphroditize
- pseudohermaphrodite

## Related Forms
- berdache
- genderqueer
- two-spirit

## Etymology
From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

## Topics
- Science & Research

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