Hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite is a person or animal with both male and female sex organs.
For example, majority of opisthobranch snails, tunicates, pulmonate snails, slugs and plants are hermaphrodites. Hermaphroditism is also discovered in some fish species.
Webster Dictionary Meaning
1. Hermaphrodite
- Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an
hermaphrodite animal or flower.2. Hermaphrodite
- An individual which has the attributes of both male
and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant
having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains
both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same
receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union
of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites
are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under
Helminths. Category: Psychology & Behavioral Science
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