Some sci-fi writers play on hermaphroditic societies. Characters may be hermaphroditic, have more than two genders, or interchange gender according to the seasons.
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Hermaphroditic
Synonyms for "hermaphroditic" (18 found)
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5 entriesbiological traitdevelopmental traitflower typereproductive structurereproductive trait
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4 entriesgonadal mosaicismintersex tissuesequential hermaphroditesimultaneous hermaphrodite
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6 entrieshermaphroditic flowerhermaphroditic organismhermaphroditic planthermaphroditic reproductionhermaphroditic specieshermaphroditic tissue
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Castle observed and studied the phenomenon of self-sterility in an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis, which is hermaphroditic.
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Slugs, like snails, are hermaphroditic mollusks, who thus have both ovaries and testes.
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