1. hermaphrodite - Noun
2. hermaphrodite - Adjective
3. hermaphrodite - Adjective Satellite
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 generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.
Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite. A. S. Byatt
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface. David Mamet
History is a hermaphrodite with many distinguished lovers. We are neither mysteries nor strangers but the living breath of revelation made flesh by the unrestrained desires of a free and universal love. Universal me. Universal you. Aberjhani
Accessed November 2013 The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and threefold. Source: Internet
All five of these authors used the colloquial term " hermaphrodite " as the foundation of their taxonomies, although Simpson himself questioned the propriety of the word in his publication. Source: Internet
An individual that produces both types of gametes is a hermaphrodite ; in some cases hermaphrodites are able to self-fertilize and produce offspring on their own, without a second organism. Source: Internet