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her⋅maph⋅ro⋅dite

  [hur-maf-ruh-dahyt]
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–noun
1. an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
2. Biology. an organism, as an earthworm or plant, having normally both the male and female organs of generation.
3. a person or thing in which two opposite qualities are combined.
–adjective
4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hermaphrodite.
5. combining two opposite qualities.
6. Botany. monoclinous.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME hermofrodite < L hermaphrodītus < Gk hermaphródītos hemaphrodite, name of the son of Hermes and Aphrodite

Related forms:
her⋅maph⋅ro⋅dit⋅ic  [hur-maf-ruh-dit-ik] , her⋅maph⋅ro⋅dit⋅i⋅cal, her⋅maph⋅ro⋅dit⋅ish  [hur-maf-ruh-dahy-tish] , adjective
her⋅maph⋅ro⋅dit⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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her·maph·ro·dite   (hər-māf'rə-dīt')   
n.  

  1. An animal or plant exhibiting hermaphroditism.

  2. Something that is a combination of disparate or contradictory elements.


[Middle English hermofrodite, from Medieval Latin hermofrodītus, from Latin Hermaphrodītus, Hermaphroditus, hermaphrodite; see Hermaphroditus.]
her·maph'ro·dit'ic (-dĭt'ĭk) adj., her·maph'ro·dit'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

hermaphrodite 
1398 (harmofroditus), from L. hermaphroditus, from Gk. Hermaphroditos (L. Hermaphroditus), son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, in Ovid, was loved by the nymph Salmacis so ardently that she prayed for complete union with him and as a result they were united bodily, combining male and female characteristics.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: her·maph·ro·dite
Pronunciation: (")h&r-'maf-r&-"dIt
Function: noun
1 : an abnormal individual especiallyamong the higher vertebrates having both male and female reproductive organs called also androgyne
2 : a plant or animal (as a hydra) that normally has both male and femalereproductive organs : BISEXUAL —hermaphrodite adjective
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hermaphrodite her·maph·ro·dite (hər-māf'rə-dīt')
n.
An individual having the reproductive organs and many of the secondary sex characteristics of both sexes.

her·maph'ro·dit'ic (-dĭt'ĭk) adj.

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hermaphrodite   (hər-māf'rə-dīt')  Pronunciation Key 
An organism, such as an earthworm or flowering plant, having both male and female reproductive organs in a single individual.
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