# hermaphrodite

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/ · frequency rank #54,231

## Definitions
1. A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
2. Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
3. Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
4. A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
5. A hermaphrodite brig.
6. A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
7. An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.

## Etymology
From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hermaphrodite