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- a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition阴阳人, 两性体。
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- Botany a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower【植】雌雄同株。
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- archaic a person or thing combining opposite qualities or characteristics〈古〉具有相反两种性质的人(或物)。
- of or denoting a person, animal, or plant of this kind(人、动物或植物)两性同体的, 雌雄同体的:
hermaphrodite creatures in classical sculpture.
古典雕塑中的两性体。
派生词
hermaphroditic
adjectivehermaphroditical
adjectivehermaphroditism
noun词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek hermaphroditos (see HERMAPHRODITUS).