gynandry

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Definition of gynandry

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Hermaphroditism, intersexuality; androgyny; resemblance (by a member of one sex) of another sex.
    “On the whole therefore we may conclude that the preponderance of Linyphiidae in the records of gynandry fairly represents the actual state of things. And, briefly, the British figures stand thus—in 232 species of the Linyphiidae we have 7 ...”
    “An interpretation of this specimen is difficult, and the comprehensive paper by Roberts & Parker (1973) does not help in defining these anomalous examples from the solifugids; in fact we cannot relate them to gynandry, intersexuality or […]”

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Etymology

From gyno- (“woman”) + -andry (“man”).

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