hermaphrodite
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hermaphrodite /həːˈmafrədʌɪt/
▶noun a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics.
■ Botany a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower.
▶adjective of or denoting a hermaphrodite.– derivatives
hermaphroditic adjective,
hermaphroditical adjective,
hermaphroditism noun.
hermaphroditic adjective,
hermaphroditical adjective,
hermaphroditism noun.
– origin ME: via L. from Gk hermaphroditos, orig. the name of the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who became joined in one body with the nymph Salmacis.
'hermaphrodite' also found in these Oxford entries:
androgyne
- androgynous
- bad
- freemartin
- gynandrous
- hermaphrodite brig
- intersex
- intromittent organ
- monoecious
- protandrous
- protogynous
- spermatheca
