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Definition of Hermaphrodites
1. hermaphrodite [n] - See also: hermaphrodite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hermaphrodites
Literary usage of Hermaphrodites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1855)
"On the other hand, there is in some few women a monstrous resemblance to the male
conformation, while hermaphrodites appear to partake of the nature of both ..."
2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"declared, and sometimes dissection does not definitely indicate the predominating
sex. Such cases are classed under the head of neuter hermaphrodites, ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"From the two original hermaphrodites other hermaphrodites have been produced,
... Having produced the two original hermaphrodites, the next step was to ..."
4. Plain facts for old and young by John Harvey Kellogg (1881)
"Fecundation in hermaphrodites. Development of the Germ. considered as internal buds.
... Fecundation in hermaphrodites.—The process of fecundation in ..."
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