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hermaphrodite
" I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite."
A. S. Byatt

Meaning of "hermaphrodite" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HERMAPHRODITE

From Latin hermaphrodītus, from Greek, after Hermaphroditus.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HERMAPHRODITE

hɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HERMAPHRODITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hermaphrodite can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HERMAPHRODITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hermaphrodite

In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes. Many taxonomic groups of animals do not have separate sexes. In these groups, hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which both partners can act as the "female" or "male". For example, the great majority of pulmonate snails, opisthobranch snails and slugs are hermaphrodites. Hermaphroditism is also found in some fish species and to a lesser degree in other vertebrates. Most plants are also hermaphrodites. Historically, the term hermaphrodite has also been used to describe ambiguous genitalia and gonadal mosaicism in individuals of gonochoristic species, especially human beings. The word intersex has come into preferred usage for humans, since the word hermaphrodite is considered to be misleading and stigmatizing, as well as "scientifically specious and clinically problematic".

Definition of hermaphrodite in the English dictionary

The first definition of hermaphrodite in the dictionary is an individual animal or flower that has both male and female reproductive organs. Other definition of hermaphrodite is a person having both male and female sexual characteristics and genital tissues. Hermaphrodite is also a person or thing in which two opposite forces or qualities are combined.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HERMAPHRODITE

almandite · andradite · Araldite · argyrodite · endopodite · erudite · exopodite · expedite · extradite · Gileadite · heulandite · inerudite · pentlandite · pseudohermaphrodite · scorodite · skutterudite · tetradite · troglodyte · turbidite · viridite

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HERMAPHRODITE

herm · herma · hermae · hermaean · hermai · hermandad · Hermann · Hermannstadt · hermaphrodite brig · hermaphroditic · hermaphroditical · hermaphroditically · hermaphroditism · Hermaphroditus · hermatypic · hermeneutic · hermeneutical · hermeneutically · hermeneutics · hermeneutist

WORDS THAT END LIKE HERMAPHRODITE

alabandite · Aphrodite · cheddite · cordite · dite · incondite · indite · Luddite · lyddite · plaudite · podite · recondite · smaragdite · thenardite · verdite

Synonyms and antonyms of hermaphrodite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HERMAPHRODITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hermaphrodite» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «hermaphrodite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HERMAPHRODITE

Find out the translation of hermaphrodite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hermaphrodite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hermaphrodite» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

雌雄同体
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

hermafrodita
570 millions of speakers
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English

hermaphrodite
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उभयलिंगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خنثى
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

гермафродит
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

hermafrodita
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উভলিঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

hermaphrodite
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hermaphrodite
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zwitter
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

雌雄同体
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

자웅 동체
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Hermaphrodite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lương tính
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இருபாலினத்து
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Hermaphrodite
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hermafrodit
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ermafrodito
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

hermafrodyta
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

гермафродит
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

hermafrodit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερμαφρόδιτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hermafrodiet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hermaphrodite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hermafroditt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hermaphrodite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HERMAPHRODITE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of hermaphrodite
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hermaphrodite

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QUOTES WITH «HERMAPHRODITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hermaphrodite.
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A. S. Byatt
I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERMAPHRODITE»

Discover the use of hermaphrodite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hermaphrodite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hermaphrodite
The novel allowed Howe, and will now allow her readers, to occupy a speculative realm otherwise inaccessible in her historical moment.
Julia Ward Howe, Gary Williams, 2004
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The Hermaphrodite
"The Hermaphrodite s" open celebration of vice, particularly sodomy, earned it public burnings, threats of excommunication, banishment to the closed sections of libraries, and a devoted following.
Antonio Beccadelli, Holt N. Parker, Guarino (Veronese), 2010
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Middlesex: Reissued
The internationally bestselling 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Reissued to coincide with the publication of The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics: A Compilation of ...
female organ, although he is exempt, the perpetrator is punished with disciplinary flogging (makot monfitf).11 Some Rabbis completely exempt the copulator from stoning because the hermaphrodite is a doubtful male and a doubtful female/2 A  ...
‎2003
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The Spenser Encyclopedia
Aristophanes' fable in the Symposium, of primordial double beings or androgynoi compounded of male and female, gave rise to a positive tradition of interpreting the Hermaphrodite as an emblem of spiritual union. The Neo- platonic ...
A. C. Hamilton, 1990
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Plants in Action: Adaptation in Nature, Performance in ...
(b) Spatial separation of sexes Unlike the typical hermaphrodite 'perfect' flower, in about 244 10% of species not all flowers or individual plants are sexually identical (Irish and Nelson 1989). The most common type of spatial separation is  ...
Brian James Atwell, Paul E. Kriedemann, Colin G. N. Turnbull, 1999
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Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia
Discourse about hermaphroditism (that is, being of an anatomically intermediate sex, now usually termed ''intersexuality'') is often seen by historians as especially revealing of contemporary ideas about sex due to the hermaphrodite's ...
Margaret Schaus, 2006
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Art in the Hellenistic Age
The most famous and, to modern eyes, enigmatic of the Hellenistic exotica is the ' Sleeping Hermaphrodite,' known through several excellent copies [160]. Hermaphroditos (the name is male) was a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who was  ...
Jerome Jordan Pollitt, 1986
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
Note: With regard to plants, Policansky (1987, 468) restricts the meaning of “ hermaphrodite” to this definition. Thus, to him “sequential hermaphroditism” does not make sense for a plant. He prefers the term “sequential cosexuality” (instead of ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy
Blauvelt, N.Y.: Rudolph Steiner Publications, 1970. herbal magic See MAGIC. hermaphrodite In ALCHEMY, the figure of a merged man and woman, symbolizing the conjunction or marriage of opposites. The hermaphrodite is also known by its ...
Rosemary Guiley, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERMAPHRODITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hermaphrodite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hermaphrodite: "I was born a boy but I grew into a woman naturally …
From the age of 13, Charli Darling, knew he was different to other boys his age. Rather than enduring the embarrassment of his voice breaking, ... «Pulse.com.gh, Jul 15»
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Golly, collie Yumi has yin and yang | Ashbourne News Telegraph
John and Susan Martin with their hermaphrodite dog Yumi. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your message. John and Susan Martin with ... «Ashbourne News Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Chris Christie: New Jersey's Chimera
The muse is a muscular, nude hermaphrodite with tentacles, wings, and the antlered head of a stag. I start by tearing up the floorboards to ... «The Millions, Jul 15»
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This is where your rubbish left on the beach could end up
Hermaphrodite fish in the Mediterranean may be victims of pollution ... for marine biologistsTwo hermaphrodite specimens of the species of fish ... «Spanish News Today, Jul 15»
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Group asks City Council to create equal-rights ordinance
Cox said she was born a hermaphrodite with both sets of reproductive organs. She said she chose to be a woman and has been discriminated ... «ThisWeekNews, Jul 15»
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The Menagerie by Lupiesoft Now Available for Pre-Orders on …
In The Menagerie , you'll get to follow Rao-ji, a fiore (aka a hermaphrodite or futanari) and a Drachene, in her sexy tale of personal discovery ... «Anime News Network, Jul 15»
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Farm Fresh: Kahuku Farms on Oahu
Turns out, only trees producing hermaphrodite flowers—possessing both stamens and pistils—are worth keeping because they both ... «Hawaiimagazine.com, Jul 15»
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Review: Volpone at Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon - Richard …
I long for earlier Volpones where the famous bed is in heavy shadows and where Volpone's bizarre servants, the hermaphrodite, the eunuch ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
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Rereading To Kill a Mockingbird after the Charleston killings
“Morphodite” is Scout's mishearing of “hermaphrodite”. So now I get it: never discount the internet. Anyway, I was prepared to love Scout, hate ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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'DUE TO LOW MATE AVAILABILITY' | Worm injects sperm into own …
M. hystrix is a transparent worm about one millimeter (0.04 of an inch) long -- a hermaphrodite with both male and female reproductive organs. «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
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