Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hermaphrodite
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Hermaphrodite
hermaphrodite
noun Etymology: Middle English hermofrodite, from Latin hermaphroditus, from Greek hermaphroditos, from Hermaphroditos Date: 14th century 1. an animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs 2. something that is a combination of diverse elements • ~ adjective • hermaphroditic adjective • hermaphroditism noun
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a Zool. an animal having both male and female sexual organs. b Bot. a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower. 2 a human being in which both male and female sex organs are present, or in which the sex organs contain both ovarian and testicular tissue. 3 a person or thing combining opposite qualities or characteristics. --adj. 1 combining both sexes. 2 combining opposite qualities or characteristics. Phrases and idioms hermaphrodite brig hist. a two-masted sailing ship rigged on the foremast as a brig and on the mainmast as a schooner. Derivatives hermaphroditic adj. hermaphroditical adj. hermaphroditism n. Etymology: L hermaphroditus f. Gk hermaphroditos, orig. the name of a son of Hermes and Aphrodite in Greek mythology, who became joined in one body with the nymph Salmacis ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. биол. гермафродит 2. биол. обоеполый, двуполый hermaphrodite flower —- двуполый цветок 3. соединяющий два противоположных или разных качества hermaphrodite brig —- шхуна-бриг hermaphrodite calliper —- тех. центровочный циркуль ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(hermaphrodites) A hermaphrodite is a person, animal, or flower that has both male and female reproductive organs. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a living thing that has the organs of both male and female - hermaphrodite adj - hermaphroditic adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- mid-14c., 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. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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