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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More beauty bits include a Louis Vuitton perfume gifted to her for the Met; an androgynous, anytime of the day scent.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
21 July 2025
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Born Jemima Wilkinson in 1752 into a Rhode Island Quaker family, the Friend, after a severe illness, abandoned their birth name, claiming God had endowed them with an androgynous spirit.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Skinny jeans in every color and animal print were genderless and pinned to hips with studded belts.—
Alexandra Jane,
Essence,
31 July 2025
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The genderless denim brand is launching an upcycling program to extend the life of its jeans.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 July 2025
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“Unisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unisexual. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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