hermaphroditic
/hur-maf-ruh-dahyt/US // hɜrˈmæf rəˌdaɪt //UK // (hɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt) //
雌雄同体,雌雄同体的,两性同体,两性的
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an individual in which both male and female reproductive organs are present, or in which the chromosomal patterns do not fall under typical definitions of male and female.Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- : Biology. an organism, as an earthworm or plant, having both the male and female organs of reproduction.
- : a person or thing in which two opposite qualities are combined.See also gynandrous.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or characteristic of a hermaphrodite.
- : combining two opposite qualities.
- : Botany. monoclinous.
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Examples
The myths frequently hit on the theory of a hermaphroditic being, both male and female, who produces another being out of himself.
Not, we must again emphasize, not in a hermaphroditic personality, but in two perfect complementaries—mates; not one but a pair.
According to another, he is pictured as a hermaphroditic being, a concept we frequently come across in alchemical literature.
Castle77 observed and studied the phenomenon of self-sterility in an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis, which is hermaphroditic.
He looked forward to victory this fall over the hermaphroditic ticket of Taylor and Fillmore.
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