androgynous

  • 21androgynous — Pertaining to androgyny. * * * an·drog·y·nous an dräj ə nəs adj having the characteristics or nature of both male and female an·drog·y·ny nē n, pl nies * * * an·drog·y·nous (an drojґĭ nəs) pertaining to or characterized by androgyny;… …

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  • 22androgynous — an·drog·y·nous || æn drÉ’dʒɪnÉ™s adj. being both male and female …

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  • 23androgynous — [an drɒdʒɪnəs] adjective partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex. ↘hermaphrodite. Derivatives androgyny noun Origin C17 (earlier (C16) as androgyne): via L. androgynus from Gk androgunos (from anēr, andr man + gunē woman …

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  • 24androgynous — adj bisexual, epicene; All Biol. hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, pseudohermaphrodite; All Bot. gynandrous, gynandomorphic, gynandromor phous, monoclinous …

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  • 25androgynous — an·drog·y·nous …

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  • 26androgynous — an•drog•y•nous [[t]ænˈdrɒdʒ ə nəs[/t]] adj. 1) dvl bot hermaphroditic 2) med having both masculine and feminine characteristics • Etymology: 1620–30; < Landrogynus< Gkandrógynos; see andro , gynous an′dro•gyne drəˌdʒaɪn n. an•drog′y•ny, n …

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  • 27androgynous — /ænˈdrɒdʒənəs / (say an drojuhnuhs) adjective 1. being both male and female; hermaphroditic. 2. having both masculine and feminine characteristics. 3. Botany having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence. 4. not conforming to… …

  • 28androgynous —   a. hermaphrodite …

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  • 29androgynous — Partaking of both male and female sexes …

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  • 30androgynous — adj. 1 hermaphrodite. 2 Bot. with stamens and pistils in the same flower or inflorescence …

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