On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Hermaphrodite. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as hermaphroditic or androgynous and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Hermaphrodite meaning
- A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
- Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
- Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
Synonyms of Hermaphrodite
Using Hermaphrodite
- The main meaning on this page is: A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics. | Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils. | Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
- Useful related words include: hermaphroditic, androgynous, intersex, gynandromorph.
- In the example corpus, hermaphrodite often appears in combinations such as: hermaphrodite and, are hermaphrodite, the hermaphrodite.
Context around Hermaphrodite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hermaphrodite
- In this selection, "hermaphrodite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shameless, pseudo, term, tendencies, having and relationship stand out and add context to how "hermaphrodite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2013 the hermaphrodite flowers are and a pseudo hermaphrodite who fights. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hermaphrodite" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hermaphrodite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their flowers are hermaphrodite and show considerable variability. (8 words)
Accessed November 2013 The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and threefold. (10 words)
Alan is a pseudo-hermaphrodite who fights in World War II wearing women's underwear. (15 words)
In examining fish inhabiting waters below Front Range sewage plant outlets, “there were very few males and the reproductive organs of both male and female fish had hermaphrodite tendencies: They contained both male and female tissues,” the Daily reported. (39 words)
The tests, ordered by The International Association of Athletics Federations after Semenya’s 800-meter victory in the World Championships that same year, reportedly determined she’s a hermaphrodite – having both male and female organs. (35 words)
An individual that produces both types of gametes is a hermaphrodite ; in some cases hermaphrodites are able to self-fertilize and produce offspring on their own, without a second organism. (30 words)
Example sentences (19)
In examining fish inhabiting waters below Front Range sewage plant outlets, “there were very few males and the reproductive organs of both male and female fish had hermaphrodite tendencies: They contained both male and female tissues,” the Daily reported.
Fun fact: snails are hermaphrodite and during sex, some species try to bit their partner's penis off.
The closing routine recounts a hook-up with a hermaphrodite, whose penis, Esparza makes clear, he finds off-putting.
The tests, ordered by The International Association of Athletics Federations after Semenya’s 800-meter victory in the World Championships that same year, reportedly determined she’s a hermaphrodite – having both male and female organs.
To date, Hasina and Ershad (or his JP) have been in a shameless hermaphrodite relationship with each other.
Accessed November 2013 The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and threefold.
Alan is a pseudo-hermaphrodite who fights in World War II wearing women's underwear.
All five of these authors used the colloquial term " hermaphrodite " as the foundation of their taxonomies, although Simpson himself questioned the propriety of the word in his publication.
An individual that produces both types of gametes is a hermaphrodite ; in some cases hermaphrodites are able to self-fertilize and produce offspring on their own, without a second organism.
An individual that produces both types of gametes is called hermaphrodite (a name applicable also to people with one testis and one ovary).
Exceptions are common—for example, the roundworm C. elegans has an hermaphrodite and a male sex (a system called androdioecy ).
It also means that referring to any intersex (hermaphrodite) or genderqueer person would use "it".
Norton 2003 Many contemporaries described him as effeminate (one political opponent called him "a hermaphrodite horse").
She was brought up as a male and there was speculation at the time that she was a hermaphrodite.
Sometimes intersex individuals are called "hermaphrodite"; but, unlike biological hermaphrodites, intersex individuals are unusual cases and are not typically fertile in both male and female aspects.
The hermaphrodite common figs are called "inedible figs" or caprifigs; in traditional culture in the Mediterranean region they were considered food for goats (Capra aegagrus).
Their flowers are hermaphrodite and show considerable variability.
The mangrove rivulus is an amphibious, simultaneous hermaphrodite, producing both eggs and spawn and having internal fertilisation.
Use of the word "hermaphrodite" in the medical literature has persisted to this day, although its propriety is still in question.
Common combinations with hermaphrodite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hermaphrodite and 3×
- are hermaphrodite 2×
- the hermaphrodite 2×
- hermaphrodite in 2×
- called hermaphrodite 2×