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noun
An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes.
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noun
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hermaphrodite, intersex, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
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Broader terms: bisexual, bisexual person
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwḗn Proto-Hellenic *gwənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyno- Proto-Indo-European *h2nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h2nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph English gynandromorph From gyno- + andro- + -morph.
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