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hermaphrodyte

hermaphrodyte is the alternative spelling 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.

See all 10 meanings of hermaphrodite

Forms of hermaphrodyte

pluralhermaphrodytes

Questions about hermaphrodyte

What is hermaphrodyte the alternative spelling of?
Hermaphrodyte is the alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.

Words near hermaphrodyte in the dictionary

  1. hermaphroditize
  2. hermaphroditized
  3. hermaphroditizes
  4. hermaphroditizing
  5. Hermaphroditus
  6. hermaphrodyte
  7. hermaphrodytes
  8. Hermathena
  9. hermatypic
  10. Hermean
  11. Hermenegild

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