androgyne
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an·dro·gyne
(ăn′drə-jīn′)n.
An androgynous individual.
[French, from Old French, from Latin androgynus; see androgynous.]
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androgyne
(ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn)n
(Biology) another word for hermaphrodite
[C17: from Old French, via Latin from Greek androgunos, from anēr man + gunē woman]
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| Noun | 1. | androgyne - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be madebisexual, bisexual person - a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes |
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androgyne
n → Hermaphrodit m, → Zwitter m
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androgyne - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made