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bi⋅sex⋅u⋅al

  [bahy-sek-shoo-uhl]
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–adjective
1. Biology.
a. of both sexes.
b. combining male and female organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
2. sexually responsive to both sexes; ambisexual.
–noun
3. Biology. an animal or plant that has the reproductive organs of both sexes.
4. a person sexually responsive to both sexes; ambisexual.
Origin:
1815–25; bi- 1 + sexual

Related forms:
bi⋅sex⋅u⋅al⋅i⋅ty, bi⋅sex⋅u⋅al⋅ism, noun
bi⋅sex⋅u⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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bi·sex·u·al   (bī-sěk'shōō-əl)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to both sexes.
    1. Having both male and female reproductive organs; hermaphroditic.
    2. Botany Denoting a single flower that contains functional staminate and pistillate structures; perfect.
  3. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of either sex.
n.  
  1. A bisexual organism; a hermaphrodite.
  2. A bisexual person.
bi'sex·u·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) n., bi·sex'u·al·ly adv.
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Bisexual

Bi*sex"u*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + sexual.] (Biol.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1bi·sex·u·al
Pronunciation: (')bI-'seksh-(&-)w&l, -'sek-sh&l
Function: adjective
1 a : possessing characters of both sexes : HERMAPHRODITIC b : sexually oriented toward both sexesbisexual person who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual practices>
2 : of, relating to, or involving two sexes —bi·sex·u·al·i·ty /"bI-"sek-sh&-'wal-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
—bi·sex·u·al·ly /(')bI-'seksh-(&-)w&-lE, -(&-)lE/ adverb

Main Entry: 2bisexual
Function: noun
: a bisexual individual
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bisexual bi·sex·u·al (bī-sěk'sh&oomacr;-əl)
adj.

  1. Relating to both sexes.
  2. Having both male and female reproductive organs; hermaphroditic.
  3. Relating to or having a sexual orientation to persons of either sex.
n.
  1. A bisexual organism; a hermaphrodite.
  2. A bisexual person.
bi'sex·u·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) n.

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