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Hermaphrodite

1) An organism having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs.

2) An abnormal individual especially among the higher vertebrates having both male and female reproductive organs -- called also androgyne.

3) A plant or animal (as a hydra) that normally has both male and female reproductive organs.

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