Herm (disambiguation)
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Herm may refer to:
- HermHermHerm is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public and is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Cars are banned from the small island just like its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, bicycles are also banned...
, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel - HermaHermaA Herma, commonly in English herm is a sculpture with a head, and perhaps a torso, above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height...
, the ancient boundary markers representing Hermes - HermHermaA Herma, commonly in English herm is a sculpture with a head, and perhaps a torso, above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height...
, a type of sculpture, of classical Greek origin with a torso or head attached to a square base. - Herm, LandesHerm, LandesHerm is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
, the French commune - herm. = hermaphroditeHermaphroditeIn biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.Many taxonomic groups of animals do not have separate sexes. In these groups, hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which both...
, an organism with both sexes; a botanical/zoological abbreviation - HermitHermitA hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...
, in the Christian Church; when the term Herm. follows the name of a Christian saint it denotes that the saint was a Hermit. - Herm, a fictional race of aliens in Marvel Comics, of whom KlaatuKlaatu (comics)Klaatu is a fictional Marvel Comics alien. He first appeared in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #136 . His character history was a thinly veiled pastiche of Moby Dick...
is a notable member