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ambosexual

ambosexual is the alternative form of ambisexual.

Meaning of ambisexual

Adjective

ambisexual (not comparable)

  1. Hermaphroditic.
    • However, the question must be asked: at which stage in the life-history of an ambisexual (hermaphroditic) fish does sex differentiation take place?2012, U. Müller, W. Franke, Mechanisms of Gonadal Differentiation in Vertebrates, page 84
  2. Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
  3. Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
  4. (slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.

See all 5 meanings of ambisexual

Origin of ambosexual

From ambo- + -sexual.

Questions about ambosexual

What is ambosexual the alternative form of?
Ambosexual is the alternative form of ambisexual.

Words near ambosexual in the dictionary

  1. amborella
  2. amborellas
  3. ambos
  4. Ambos Camarines
  5. ambosexous
  6. ambosexual
  7. amboside
  8. Ambot
  9. ambotik
  10. Ambots
  11. Amboy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ambosexual (page history and authors); ambisexual (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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