Definition of Gynandromorph

1. Noun. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.


Definition of Gynandromorph

1. n. An animal affected with gynandromorphism.

Definition of Gynandromorph

1. Noun. An insect or crustacean literally having physical characteristics of both genders, usually displaying a bilateral difference. ¹

2. Noun. A person having certain physical characteristics of both genders. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gynandromorph

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Medical Definition of Gynandromorph

1. An animal affected with gynandromorphism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gynandromorph

gynaecomastia
gynaecomasty
gynaecophobia
gynaecophobias
gynaecophore
gynaeolatry
gynaephobia
gynaes
gynander
gynanders
gynandria
gynandries
gynandroblastoma
gynandroid
gynandromorph (current term)
gynandromorphic
gynandromorphism
gynandromorphisms
gynandromorphous
gynandromorphs
gynandromorphy
gynantherous
gynarchic
gynarchies
gynarchy
gyne

Literary usage of Gynandromorph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"Halved gynandromorph. Bred by Auer of Berlin from a pupa found in the neighbourhood ... A gynandromorph noted by Kalender (Russ's Isis, iv., DO. ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"... female and worker 647 gynandromorph; male and female. ... gynandromorph 667 Tetramorium simillimum, ... 672 Azteca instabilis, head of gynandromorph 674 ..."

3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"The terms hermaphrodite and gynandromorph are still used as if they were synonymous ... A gynandromorph may have secondary sexual characters intermediate ..."

4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"Complete gynandromorph. Bight hand side <f , left Î . Captured near Magdeburg, ... gynandromorph. Left wings ? (of the typical form reared from winter ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The other half of the first division produces a female, on the theory, and a gynandromorph results. Under such circumstances the female side of the ..."

6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"Key West, Fla., July 3-7, 1912; 9 d1, 12 9,1 gynandromorph. ... One specimen from Key West is a gynandromorph, the left tegmen is typical of the male sex ..."

7. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"Diagram Illustrating How a Heterozygous Egg With Two Nuclei Fertilized by Two Sperms Might Produce a gynandromorph like that Shown in Fig. 89 193 91. ..."

8. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"Boveri claims to have found in gynandromorph bees of crossed races that the male half was maternal, and the female half hybrid. ..."

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