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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Filling the stage with androgynous women dressed in black and making sometimes terrifying use of pure white light and heavy industrial techno, the latest interpretative dance extravaganza appeared to be a Lynchian comment on the parlous state of today’s world.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 July 2025
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The latter show also featured Sweeney attempting to make amends for the androgynous caricature.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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The genderless juice brings to mind vast open skies.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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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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“Unisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unisexual. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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