hermaphrodite

  1. Noun.  An individual or organism possessing gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads. (defdate, from late 14th c.) .
  2. Noun.  A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
  3. Noun.  (nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
  4. Adjective.  Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.
  5. Adjective.  Combining two opposing qualities.

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