Lexic.us

Definition of Sex characteristic

1. Noun. Those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other.

Literary usage of Sex characteristic

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

1. The Olympian System of Physical and Mental Development by Olympian System, Bernarr Macfadden, Carl Easton Williams, Hereward Carrington (1919)
"The extreme of frailty is certainly not a sex characteristic. Given the same opportunities as men, the same indulgence in sports and outdoor life, ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1902)
"... it would be absurd to consider the breasts aa a sex characteristic in the same category as, eg, the dulle,- plumage of the hens in some species of birds ..."

3. Inheritance in Poultry by Charles Benedict Davenport (1906)
"(13) When the parent races are dimorphic each sex in the hybrids exhibits the respective sex characteristic of both of the species. ..."

4. Impotence and Sterility: With Aberrations of the Sexual Function and Sex by George Frank Lydston (1917)
"Marshall and Hammond, in experiments on sheep, conclude that castration checks horn growth (a secondary sex characteristic). Unilateral castration inhibits ..."

5. Impotence and Sterility: With Aberrations of the Sexual Function and Sex by George Frank Lydston (1917)
"... secondary sex characteristic). Unilateral castration inhibits, but does not check horn growth. Removal of the testes without removal of the epididymes ..."

6. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1904)
"... a stranger to the superior masculine mind either ; but it is certainly not so distinctively a sex characteristic as it is, unfortunately, with women. ..."

7. Girlhood and Character by Mary Eliza Moxcey (1916)
"... certainly prove to be based either on like interests or on response to some personal quality which may or may not be in itself a sex-characteristic. ..."

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