hermaphroditic
Collocations
3VERB + HERMAPHRODITIC
like, personified
HERMAPHRODITIC + NOUN
union
ADV.
thus
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
Relating to the metaphysical integration of two complementary principles, often framed as masculine and feminine, active and receptive, solar and lunar, force and form, etc.
Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.
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Synonyms
adjective — of animal or plant
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3Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.
WiktionaryCastle observed and studied the phenomenon of self-sterility in an Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis, which is hermaphroditic.
Tatoeba · #11912807Slugs, like snails, are hermaphroditic mollusks, who thus have both ovaries and testes.
Tatoeba · #12268014