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Antonyms for hermaphroditic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : hur-maf-ruh-dahyt
Phonetic Transcription : hɜrˈmæf rəˌdaɪt


Definition of hermaphroditic

Origin :
  • 1620s, from hermaphrodite + -ic. Earlier form was hermaphroditical (c.1600).
  • As in bisexual : adj having relations with either gender
  • As in AC-DC : adj bisexual
Example sentences :
  • There are no hermaphroditic cravings after sexual excitement in him.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • The flatworms are hermaphroditic, and their propagation is by means of eggs.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • The myths frequently hit on the theory of a hermaphroditic being, both male and female, who produces another being out of himself.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • In forms like Hydra, where both sexes are represented in a single individual, the organism is termed monœcious or hermaphroditic.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg
  • The hermaphroditic specimen was of some interest, since the ovary and testis both seemed to be enlarged.
  • Extract from : « Birds from North Borneo » by Max C. Thompson
  • In the case of the third (hermaphroditic or lunar) sex, one set of reproductive organs was male, the other female.
  • Extract from : « A Problem in Greek Ethics » by John Addington Symonds
  • The cell, on the contrary, is hermaphroditic, for it contains within itself the necessary elements for reproducing itself.
  • Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
  • Not, we must again emphasize, not in a hermaphroditic personality, but in two perfect complementaries—mates; not one but a pair.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • According to another, he is pictured as a hermaphroditic being, a concept we frequently come across in alchemical literature.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Beliefs » by H. Stanley Redgrove
  • Castle77 observed and studied the phenomenon of self-sterility in an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis, which is hermaphroditic.
  • Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb

Synonyms for hermaphroditic

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