Hermaphrodite

  • 21hermaphrodite — her|maph|ro|dite [hə:ˈmæfrədaıt US hə:r ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: hermaphroditus, from Greek Hermaphroditos, the son of the ancient Greek god Hermes and the goddess Aphrodite, who became joined in body with the female nature spirit… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22hermaphrodite — [15] Biologically a combination of male and female, hermaphrodite is etymologically a blend of the names of Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods, and Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. According to Ovid Hermaphródītos, the son of Hermes and …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23hermaphrodite — être possédant les caractères des deux sexes ♦ Hermaphrodite personnage de la mythologie grecque qui était à la fois mâle et femelle (l’enfant d’Hermès et d’Aphrodite) …

    Dictionnaire des éponymes

  • 24hermaphrodite — [[t]hɜː(r)mæ̱frədaɪt[/t]] hermaphrodites N COUNT A hermaphrodite is a person, animal, or flower that has both male and female reproductive organs …

    English dictionary

  • 25hermaphrodite — [hə: mafrədʌɪt] noun a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics. ↘Botany a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower. adjective of or denoting a hermaphrodite. Derivatives hermaphroditic… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26hermaphrodite — noun (C) a living thing that has the organs of both male and female hermaphrodite adjective hermaphroditic adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27hermaphrodite — hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite *bisexual, androgynous, epicene …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 28hermaphrodite — /hɜˈmæfrədaɪt / (say her mafruhduyt) noun 1. an animal or a flower having normally both the male and the female organs of generation. 2. a person with male and female sexual organs and characteristics. 3. a person or thing in which two opposite… …

  • 29hermaphrodite —   a.,n. (person, plant, etc.) with characteristics, especially generative organs, of both sexes.    ♦ hermaphrodite brig, brigantine.    ♦ hermaphroditic, a.    ♦ hermaphroditism, n …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 30hermaphrodite — hermafroditas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Organizmas, turintis vyriškosios ir moteriškosios lyties požymių. atitikmenys: angl. hermaphrodite vok. Hermaphrodit, m rus. гермафродит, m ryšiai: sinonimas – dvilytis… …

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