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an·drog·y·nous    Audio Help   [an-droj-uh-nuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.being both male and female; hermaphroditic.
2.having both masculine and feminine characteristics.
3.having an ambiguous sexual identity.
4.neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance: the androgynous look of many rock stars.
5.Botany. having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence.

[Origin: 1620–30; androgyne + -ous]

an·drog·y·ny, noun
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an·drog·y·nous    Audio Help   (ān-drŏj'ə-nəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
  2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.


[From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gunē, woman; see -gynous.]

an·drog'y·nous·ly adv., an·drog'y·ny (-ə-nē) n.
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androgynous 
1628, from L. androgynus, from Gk. androgynos, "male and female in one," from andros gen. of aner "male" + gyne "woman" (see queen). Androgyne is attested from 1552.

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androgynous

adjective
1. relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance 
2. having both male and female characteristics [ant: male, female

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androgynous    Audio Help   (ān-drŏj'ə-nəs)  Pronunciation Key 
Having both female and male characteristics.

androgyny noun (ān-drŏj'ə-nē)
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Main Entry: an·drog·y·nous
Pronunciation: an-'dräj-&-n&s
Function: adjective
: having the characteristics or nature of both male and female —an·drog·y·ny /-nE/ noun plural -nies

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Androgynous

An*drog"y*nous\, Androgynal \An*drog"y*nal\, a. [L. androgynus, Gr. ?; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne.]

1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. --Owen.

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. --Coleridge.

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
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