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hermaphrodite

/hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
noun

  1. An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

    "An earthworm is a hermaphrodite."

  2. A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.

  3. A hermaphrodite brig.

Synonymsandrogyne, gynandromorph, intersex, maphrodite, mophrodite, morphodite
adjective

  1. (of an individual organism) Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

  2. Combining two opposing qualities.

Synonymsandrogynous, hermaphroditic, intersex

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