n.
- An animal or plant exhibiting hermaphroditism.
- Something that is a combination of disparate or contradictory elements.
[Middle English hermofrodite, from Medieval Latin hermofrodītus, from Latin Hermaphrodītus, Hermaphroditus, hermaphrodite. See Hermaphroditus.]
hermaphroditic her·maph'ro·dit'ic (-dĭt'ĭk) adj.hermaphroditically her·maph'ro·dit'i·cal·ly adv.
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