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Androgynous vs Hermaphroditus - What's the difference?

androgynous | hermaphroditus | see also |

Androgynous is a see also of hermaphroditus.


As an adjective androgynous

is possessing the sex organs of both sexes.

As a proper noun hermaphroditus is

(greek god) the son of hermes and aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.

androgynous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
  • Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
    • Names like Pat, Terry and Jean are androgynous because they can be given to babies of either gender.
  • Possessing qualities of both sexes.
  • * Owen
    • The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous .

    Related terms

    * androgyne * androgyny

    See also

    * genderqueer * gender bender * hermaphroditic * intersex * shehe

    hermaphroditus

    English

    (wikipedia Hermaphroditus)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
  • A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus),

    • Derived terms

    * hermaphrodite * hermaphroditic * hermaphroditism

    See also

    * androgynous * intersex

    References

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