Hermaphrodite Definition

hər-măfrə-dīt
hermaphrodites
noun
hermaphrodites
Any of various animals, as the earthworm, possessing both male and female sexual organs.
Webster's New World
A plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower.
Webster's New World
An individual possessing secondary sex characteristics and gonadal tissue of both the male and female of its species.
Webster's New World
Something that is a combination of disparate or contradictory elements.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective

Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.

Wiktionary
Webster's New World

Combining two opposing qualities.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Hermaphrodite

Noun

Singular:
hermaphrodite
Plural:
hermaphrodites

Origin of Hermaphrodite

  • Middle English hermofrodite from Medieval Latin hermofrodītus from Latin Hermaphrodītus Hermaphroditus, hermaphrodite Hermaphroditus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hermaphroditos, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, possessing both male and female qualities.

    From Wiktionary

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