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androgynous
 
SYLLABICATION:an·drog·y·nous
PRONUNCIATION:  n-drj-ns
ADJECTIVE:1. Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic. 2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gun, woman; see –gynous.
OTHER FORMS:an·drogy·nous·ly —ADVERB
an·drogy·ny (--n) —NOUN
 
 
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