gynandromorph
noun
ˌjin-
Examples of gynandromorph in a Sentence
Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2020
The last time Powdermill saw a gynandromorph was in 2005, when the team found a grosbeak that looked very similar to this one.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2020
The team didn’t analyze the bee’s genes to confirm its gynandromorph status.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2020
One other Megalopta gynandromorph has shown its face to scientists before: a male-female hybrid in a closely related sweat bee species called Megalopta genalis, identified in 1999.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2020
The gynandromorph, as it is known, has a mixture of male and female genes and expresses traits from both sexes.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
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Word History
back-formation from gynandromorphous "exhibiting characters of both sexes," borrowed from French gynandromorphe or New Latin gynandromorphus, from Greek gýnandros "of doubtful sex" + French -morphe or New Latin -morphus -morphous — more at gynandrous
circa 1890, in the meaning defined above
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