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hermaphroditic

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

雌雄同体,雌雄同体的,两性同体,两性的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a hermaphrodite.
    • : combining two opposite qualities.
    • : Botany. monoclinous.

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Examples

  • The myths frequently hit on the theory of a hermaphroditic being, both male and female, who produces another being out of himself.

  • Not, we must again emphasize, not in a hermaphroditic personality, but in two perfect complementaries—mates; not one but a pair.

  • According to another, he is pictured as a hermaphroditic being, a concept we frequently come across in alchemical literature.

  • Castle77 observed and studied the phenomenon of self-sterility in an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis, which is hermaphroditic.

  • He looked forward to victory this fall over the hermaphroditic ticket of Taylor and Fillmore.