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androgyne

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an·dro·gyne  (ndr-jn)
n.
An androgynous individual.
[French, from Old French, from Latin androgynus; see androgynous.]
androgyne [ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) another word for hermaphrodite
[from Old French, via Latin from Greek androgunos, from anēr man + gunē woman]
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Noun1.androgyne - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organsandrogyne - one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex
bisexual, bisexual person - a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
Translations
androgyne
n → Hermaphrodit m, → Zwitter m
androgyne [ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn] n (Bio) (frm) → androgino
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