Look up: Hermaphrodite

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   Hermaphrodite
   A condition in which an animal possesses more than two sex chromosomes. Sometimes the individual displays characteristics of both genders. (This occurrence is rare to non-existent in horses.)
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   Hermaphrodite
   An hermaphrodite animal is one in which both male and female gametes are present.
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   Hermaphrodite
   An individual capable of producing both eggs and sperm during its lifetime
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   Hermaphrodite
   Bisexual. In a flowering plant, having both stamens and carpels in the same flower; in an animal producing both male and female gametes.
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   hermaphrodite
   [n] - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs
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   Hermaphrodite
   a human being with some combination of female and male internal and external genitalia
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   Hermaphrodite
   An animal that has both male and female reproductive organs.
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   Hermaphrodite
   Her·maph'ro·dite noun [ Latin hermaphroditus , Greek ..., so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus , son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: confer French hermaphrodite .] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; ...
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   Hermaphrodite
   Her·maph'ro·dite adjective Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. Hermaphrodite brig . (Nautical) See under Brig . Totten.
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    hermaphrodite
    <biology> An organism which has both male and female organs, and produces both male gametes (sperm) and female gametes (eggs). ... The organism can have both types of organs at the same time (simultaneous hermaphrodite) or have one type early in life and the other type later in life (sequential hermaphrodite). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    Hermaphrodite
    A `hermaphrodite` is an organism that posses both male and female genitalia. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, particularly in some asexual animals and some plants. Hermaphroditism is sometimes considered sexual reproduction, not asexual reproduction. Generally, hermaphroditism occurs in the invertebrates, although it occurs in a fair number of fish, and to a lesser degree in other vertebrates. Historically, th...
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    hermaphrodite
    (hәr-maf´ro-dīt) an individual with hermaphroditism, presence of tissue of both male and female gonads; the ovaries and testes may be present as separate organs, or ovarian and testicular tissue may be combined in the same organ (ovotestis).
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    Hermaphrodite
    • (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of t...
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    hermaphrodite
    hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism 1. An animal or plant bearing both male and female reproductive organs. 2. An organism; such as, an earthworm or flowering plant, having both male and female reproductive organs in a single individual. Through Middle English, hermofrodite, from the Latin element hermaphroditus, from Greek hermaphroditos, from Hermaphroditos, the son of Aphrodit...
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    hermaphrodite
    A person with hermaphroditism. [G. Hermaphroditos, the son of Herms, Mercury, + Aphrodit, Venus]
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    hermaphrodite
    Any organism in which the functions of both sexes are combined. Hermaphrodies include plants that possesses both stamens and carpels in the same flower, and animals that possess both male and female sex organs. Usually, the individual functions in only one sexual role at a time, but a few species, e...
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    Hermaphrodite
    An individual that has both ovarian and testicular tissues present. The individual may have the ovarian and testicular tissues combined in one gonad or there may be different gonads on each side. At birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.
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    hermaphrodite
    hermaphrodite (hurmăf'rudīt") , animal or plant that normally possesses both male and female reproductive systems, producing both eggs and sperm. Many plants, including most flowering plants (angiosperms), are hermaphroditic, or monoecious; in these, male and female reproductive ...
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