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Epicene

Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

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Androgynous 84% connected

Alt. of Androgynal

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Androgynous 84% connected

Alt. of Androgynal

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bisexual 76% connected

Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hermaphrodite 74% connected

An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of gener…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hermaphrodite 74% connected

An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of gener…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Androgyne 92% connected

An hermaphrodite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bisexual 92% connected

Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Effeminate 92% connected

Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Emasculate 92% connected

To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gynandromorph 92% connected

An animal affected with gynandromorphism,

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hermaphrodite 92% connected

An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of gener…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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