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Zwitter.

hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtsvɪtər/[ˈt͡sʋɪtɐ]
  1. hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)

    masculine · strong
  2. hybrid (something of mixed components)

    figuratively · in-compounds · masculine · strong
  3. something showing incompatible attributes

    figuratively · in-compounds · masculine · strong
  4. a child born of a relation considered illicit or incongruous (born out of wedlock, of different social classes, and/or of different races); a bastard; a mongrel

    masculine · obsolete · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German zwitarn (“bastard; hermaphrodite”), from Old High German zwitarn (“bastard”). The first part is the prefix zwie- (“two-, bi-”), but the identity of the second part is unknown.

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