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noun
A physical trait of a sexually dimorphic organism that is specific to one sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: sexual characteristic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sexual characteristic, sex character
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feature, characteristic
Narrower terms: primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic, primary sex character, secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic, secondary sex character, virilism
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