hermaphroditus

  1. Noun.  (Greek god) the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
  2. Noun.  was originally a male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), and represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofgr02smit#page/408/mode/2up Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, p. 408].

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