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hermaphrodites

hermaphrodites is the plural of hermaphrodite.

Meaning of hermaphrodite

Noun

hermaphrodite (plural hermaphrodites)

  1. (dated, offensive) A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
  2. Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
    • An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
  3. Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
    • Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.
  4. (dated, offensive) A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
  5. A hermaphrodite brig.
  6. A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.

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Phrases with hermaphrodites

Questions about hermaphrodites

What is hermaphrodites the plural of?
Hermaphrodites is the plural of hermaphrodite.

Words near hermaphrodites in the dictionary

  1. hermaphrodism
  2. hermaphrodisms
  3. hermaphrodite
  4. hermaphrodite brig
  5. hermaphrodite brigs
  6. hermaphrodites
  7. hermaphroditic
  8. hermaphroditical
  9. hermaphroditically
  10. hermaphroditish
  11. hermaphroditism

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