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How to pronounce “hermaphrodite”
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Pronunciation guide for hermaphrodite
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hermaphrodite with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- The uncomplicated truth about women's sexuality
and that any woman who had one was probably a hermaphrodite.
- Definition summary
- (dated, now offensive) A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics. [from late 14th c.]
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce hermaphrodite
The uncomplicated truth about women's sexuality

and that any woman who had one was probably a hermaphrodite.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hermaphrodite”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (dated, now offensive) A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics. [from late 14th c.]
- (biology) Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
- (biology) Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
- A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
- (nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
- A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
- (World War I military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.
- [Adjective]
- (dated, now offensive) Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
- (biology) Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.
- Combining two opposing qualities.
Practice Nearby Words
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