hermaphrodite
1HERMAPHRODITE — L’enjeu philosophique du symbolisme de l’hermaphrodite est tout entier présent dans un aphorisme de l’alchimiste Heinrich C. Khunrath: «De l’Un grossier et impur naît un Un extrêmement pur et subtil.» L’hermaphrodite symbolise le processus de… …
2hermaphrodite — HERMAPHRODITE. s. m. Celuy qui a les deux sexes. Un Hermaphrodite. on dit que les hermaphrodites sont communs en certains pays. Il est aussi adj. des deux genres. Une femme hermaphrodite. il est hermaphrodite …
3Hermaphrodite — Her*maph ro*dite, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. [1913 Webster] {Hermaphrodite brig}. (Naut.) See under {Brig}. Totten …
4Hermaphrodite — Her*maph ro*dite, n. [L. hermaphroditus, Gr. ?, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite.]… …
5hermaphrodite — [hər maf′rə dīt΄] n. [altered (modeled on L or Gr) < ME hermofrodite < L hermaphroditus < Gr hermaphroditos, < Hermaphroditos, HERMAPHRODITUS] 1. a person or animal with the sexual organs of both the male and the female 2. a plant… …
6hermaphrodite — hermaphrodite. См. гермафродит. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
7hermaphrodite — HERMAPHRODITE: Excite la curiosité malsaine. Chercher à en voir …
8hermaphrodite — late 14c. (harmofroditus), from L. hermaphroditus, from Gk. Hermaphroditos (L. Hermaphroditus), son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who, in Ovid, was loved by the nymph Salmacis so ardently that she prayed for complete union with him and as a result… …
9hermaphrodite — ► NOUN 1) a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics. 2) Botany a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower. DERIVATIVES hermaphroditic adjective hermaphroditism noun. ORIGIN Greek… …
10Hermaphrodite — For other uses, see Hermaphrodite (disambiguation). Mating Helix aspersa (garden snails). In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.[1] Many taxonomic groups of an …
