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" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (5)
Adjective(3 words)
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3 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- hermafrodita adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雌雄同體的 /雌雄同体的 adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Danish
2 entries- hermafroditisk adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- hermafroditisk adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Esperanto
2 entries- ambaŭseksa adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- hermafrodita adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
French
3 entries- androgyne adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- hermaphrodite adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- hermaphrodite adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
German
2 entries- hermaphroditisch adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- hermaphroditisch adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Greek
2 entries- ερμαφρόδιτος adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- ερμαφρόδιτος adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Hungarian
2 entries- hermafrodita adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- hímnős adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- hermafrodittisk adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- hermafrodittisk adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- tvekjønna adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- tvekjønna adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- hermafrodittisk adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- hermafrodittisk adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- tvekjønna adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- tvekjønna adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Polish
2 entries- hermafrodytyczny adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- obojnacki adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Swedish
2 entries- hermafroditisk adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- hermafroditisk adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Tagalog
1 entries- balakihanin adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Turkish
4 entries- erdişi adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- erdişi adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- erselik adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
- erselik adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
Volapük
3 entries- hihärmafroditanik jihärmafroditanik adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- härmafroditanik adj (biology: possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes)
- härmafroditik adj (of or pertaining to hermaphrodism)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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