hermie — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

A hermit crab.

Your hermies need a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting.

[…] she went right to work catching hermies in the millpond […]

noun

1

A hermaphrodite.

If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females.

2007, KS Augustin, Hunted Hermaphrodite Lover, Challis Tower (publ.), →ISBN. Get rid of the hermie, get rid of the sex-starved engineer, jail the saboteur, write the reports, then sit back and enjoy the peace.

name

1

A diminutive of the male given name Herman

2

A diminutive of the female given name Hermione

Collocations

3

VERB + HERMIE

go, rid, tends

HERMIE + NOUN

growers

ADV.

often

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Example Bank

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Your hermies need a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting.

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[…] she went right to work catching hermies in the millpond […]

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If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females.

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2007, KS Augustin, Hunted Hermaphrodite Lover, Challis Tower (publ.), →ISBN. Get rid of the hermie, get rid of the sex-starved engineer, jail the saboteur, write the reports, then sit back and enjoy t

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, hermie is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.