gynandry
|gyn-an-dry|
/ɡaɪˈnændri/
both male and female characteristics in one individual
Etymology
'gynandry' originates from Neo-Latin/Modern scientific coinage, ultimately from Greek elements: 'gynē' and 'anēr' (via 'andros'), where 'gyn-' meant 'woman, female' and 'andr-' meant 'man, male'.
'gynandry' was formed in Neo-Latin as 'gynandria' in 19th-century biological literature and was borrowed into English as 'gynandry' to denote the condition of combined male and female characteristics or organs.
Initially used in specialist biological contexts to describe the presence of both sexes in one individual, the term's core sense has remained, though modern usage distinguishes hermaphroditism (both functional sex organs) from gynandromorphism (mixed sexual characteristics).
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Noun 1
the condition in which a single individual has both male and female reproductive organs; hermaphroditism.
Gynandry in some plants and invertebrates is a form of hermaphroditism.
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Noun 2
the condition of being a gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting both male and female characteristics, often in different parts of the body.
Researchers described the butterfly specimen's gynandry: one wing showed male coloration while the other showed female coloration.
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