Hermaphrodite (disambiguation)

Hermaphrodite (disambiguation)

A hermaphrodite is an organism that possesses both male and female sex organs during its life. For human hermaphrodites, see intersexuality. It can also refer to the following:

*Hermaphroditus, a character in Greek mythology
*"The Hermaphrodite", a Julia Ward Howe novel
*Hermaphroditic, a gender of connectors and fasteners
*Hermaphrodite brig, a type of sailing ship


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