androgyny
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an·drog·y·nous
(ăn-drŏj′ə-nəs)adj.
1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
[From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gunē, woman; see -gynous.]
an·drog′y·nous·ly adv.
an·drog′y·ny (-ə-nē) n.
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androgynism, androgyny
the possession of the characteristics of both sexes; hermaphroditism. Also androgyneity. — androgynous. adj.
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androgyny - showing characteristics of both sexes