n. 1. An animal or plant exhibiting hermaphroditism. 2. Something that is a combination of disparate or contradictory elements. [Middle English hermofrodite, from Medieval Latin hermofrodītus, from Latin Hermaphrodītus, Hermaphroditus, hermaphrodite; see HERMAPHRODITUS.] her·maph′ro·ditic (-dĭtĭk) adj. her·maph′ro·diti·cal·ly adv. |
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