bio-sex

A form of biological sex — sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that uses sexual reproduction to produce either male gametes (sperm or spermatozoa) or female gametes (ova).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbio-sex (countable and uncountable, plural bio-sexes)

plural bio-sexes

  1. abbreviationcountableuncountablebiologyShort for biological sex.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
birth sex

Translations

French sexe bio
  • sexe bioTranslations
Polish płeć biologiczna
  • płeć biologicznaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

bio-sex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bio-sex

MLA

“bio-sex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bio-sex. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bio-sex,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bio-sex.

Source: bio-sex on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.