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an·dro·gyne

(ăn′drə-jīn′)

An androgynous individual.

[French, from Old French, from Latin androgynus; see androgynous.]

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androgyne

(ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn)

(Biology) another word for hermaphrodite

[C17: from Old French, via Latin from Greek androgunos, from anēr man + gunē woman]

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Noun

androgyne - 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

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androgino

androgyne

n → Hermaphrodit m, → Zwitter m

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androgyne

[ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn] n (Bio) (frm) → androgino

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