hermaphrodite

/hur-maf-ruh-dahyt/US // hɜrˈmæf rəˌdaɪt //UK // (hɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt) //

雌雄同体,雌雄同体人,雌雄同体者,雌雄同体的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an individual in which both male and female reproductive organs are present, or in which the chromosomal patterns do not fall under typical definitions of male and female.Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- : Biology. an organism, as an earthworm or plant, having both the male and female organs of reproduction.
- : a person or thing in which two opposite qualities are combined.See also gynandrous.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of, relating to, or characteristic of a hermaphrodite.
- : combining two opposite qualities.
- : Botany. monoclinous.

as inandrogynous

Synonyms

The implication is that using forks was—like being a hermaphrodite—a kind of sexual abnormality.
So embroiled in fact, that his sex was impossible to determine; he looked like a little hermaphrodite.
Hermaphrodite mollusks, with a marvellously complicated sexual apparatus, ought also to be studied separately.
The amphioxus, the bridge between invertebrates and vertebrates, is not hermaphrodite.
Each worm is bisexual or hermaphrodite, on which account they multiply with great rapidity.
And therefore natural philosophers say, that an hermaphrodite is impotent in the privy parts of a man, as appears by experience.
They are in a hermaphrodite condition, out of which they develop into either males or females.