Adjective 1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic. 2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior. Etymology From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gun*, woman ; see -gynous. Other forms an·drog'y·nous·ly adv.an·drog'y·ny n.
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androgynous:
Adjective
1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic. 2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
Etymology
From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gun*, woman ; see -gynous.
Other forms
an·drog'y·nous·ly adv.an·drog'y·ny n.
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