as in androgynous
suitable to or for either sex
bought unisexual toys for the couple's new baby
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Recent Examples of unisexual
These disadvantages predict that unisexual species should go extinct within at most 100,000 generations.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
This provides both benefits and pitfalls for the less-mobile unisexual females.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
But there’s also a related variety of all-female salamanders, usually referred to just as unisexual Ambystoma.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
One clue is that unisexual Ambystoma salamanders steal DNA from the sperm of other salamander species left lying around.
—National Geographic, 10 May 2016
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
This provides both benefits and pitfalls for the less-mobile unisexual females.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
But there’s also a related variety of all-female salamanders, usually referred to just as unisexual Ambystoma.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
One clue is that unisexual Ambystoma salamanders steal DNA from the sperm of other salamander species left lying around.
—National Geographic, 10 May 2016
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unisexual
Adjective
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In the 1960s, Twiggy’s thin, androgynous frame became the face of fashion right as the women’s liberation movement was gaining traction, challenging traditional roles and demanding equality.—
Anne Marie Chaker,
Time,
18 June 2025
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Souls were essentially androgynous, albeit with numerous gradations.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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So there are these moments where fashion is expressed in this genderless form—-it’s all about freedom.—
Essence,
Essence,
17 June 2025
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Designed in Italy, with solid gold available upon request, each genderless piece can be layered, or as a statement piece.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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“Unisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unisexual. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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