1. Noun
Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism.
2. Noun
In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs.
3. Noun
In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.
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