Hermaphrodite (disambiguation)
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A hermaphrodite
is an organism that possesses both male and female reproductive organs during its life. For human hermaphrodites, see intersexuality. It can also refer to the following:
Hermaphrodite
In 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...
is an organism that possesses both male and female reproductive organs during its life. For human hermaphrodites, see intersexuality. It can also refer to the following:
- HermaphroditusHermaphroditusIn Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos was the child of Aphrodite and Hermes. He was a minor deity of bisexuality and effeminacy. According to Ovid, born a remarkably handsome boy, he was transformed into an androgynous being by union with the water nymph Salmacis...
, a character in Greek mythology - The HermaphroditeThe HermaphroditeThe Hermaphrodite is an incomplete novel by Julia Ward Howe about a hermaphrodite raised as a male, but whose underlying gender ambiguity often creates havoc in his life...
, a novel by Julia Ward Howe - Hermaphroditic connector, gender of connectors and fasteners
- Hermaphrodite brig, a type of sailing ship
- Hermaphrodite (botany), an individual plant that has only bisexual reproductive units, or a plant population comprising plants whose flowers have both male and female parts