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Hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite Her*maph"ro*dite, n. [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. ?,
so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of
Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body
with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F.
hermaphrodite.] (Biol.)
An individual which has the attributes of both male and
female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or
plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a
flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same
calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction
may take place without the union of the distinct individuals.
In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only
among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under
Helminths.
HermaphroditeHermaphrodite Her*maph"ro*dite, a.
Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite
animal or flower.
Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. --Totten.
Meaning of Hermaphrodites from wikipedia
- is the
opposite of
hermaphroditic. The
individuals of many
taxonomic groups of animals,
primarily invertebrates, are
hermaphrodites,
capable of producing...
- Look up
hermaphrodite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
hermaphrodite is a ****ually
reproducing organism that
produces both male and
female gametes...
- The
Hermaphrodite is an
incomplete novel by
Julia Ward Howe
about an inter****
individual raised as a male in the
United States in the
first half of the...
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images of
cases he had
handled in his 1939 book Les
hermaphrodites et la
chirurgie (
Hermaphrodites and Surgery).
Footnotes Schultheiss,
Herrmann & Jonas...
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switch between functional male and
functional female.
Bidirectional hermaphrodites have the
capacity for ****
change in
either direction between male and...
- male or female, or
hermaphrodites, and this
makes their reproduction system stand out
amongst many
other invertebrates.
Hermaphroditic gastropods possess...
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hermaphroditism is not
always clear. But
unlike sequential hermaphrodites,
simultaneous hermaphrodites are both male and
female at ****ual maturity. Also ****...
- the ISNA's
first newsletter Hermaphrodites with Attitude. The Inter****
Society of
North America has
stated that
hermaphrodites should not be
confused with...
- or
sequential hermaphrodites. ****
allocation theory also
applies to
flowering plants,
which can be dioecious,
simultaneous hermaphrodites, have uni****ual...
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Commons Sleeping Hermaphroditos |
Louvre Museum -
Statue information The
first copy,
Louvre catalogue page (in French)
Hermaphrodites at the
Villa Borghese...
