gynandromorph

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noun

An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference.

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GAMhermaphroditeintersexandrogyneepiceneepicene person
OriginAncient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) ← English andro- ← Proto-Hellenic *anḗr →
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Meanings

noungynandromorph (plural gynandromorphs)

plural gynandromorphs

  1. An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference.
  2. A person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
GAM

nounone having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Similar
hermaphroditeintersexandrogyneepiceneepicene person
Broader
bisexualbisexual person
Also see
androgyneepicenehermaphroditeintersex

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷḗn
  2. Proto-Hellenic*gʷənā
  3. Ancient Greekγῠνή (gŭnḗ)
  4. Englishgyno-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂nḗr
  6. Proto-Hellenic*anḗr
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)
  8. Englishandro-
  9. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  10. Englishgynandromorph

From gyno- + andro- + -morph.

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Translations

Finnish gynandromorfi
  • gynandromorfiinsect, crustacean or bird
French gynandromorphe
  • gynandromorpheinsect, crustacean or bird
German Gynander, Gynandromorphismus
  • Gynanderinsect, crustacean or bird
  • Gynandromorphismusinsect, crustacean or bird
Italian ginandromorfo
  • ginandromorfoinsect, crustacean or bird
Polish gynandromorf, obojnak
  • gynandromorfinsect, crustacean or bird
  • obojnakinsect, crustacean or bird
Portuguese ginandromorfo
  • ginandromorfoinsect, crustacean or bird
Spanish ginandromorfo
  • ginandromorfoinsect, crustacean or bird
Cite this entry
APA

gynandromorph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynandromorph

MLA

“gynandromorph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynandromorph. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gynandromorph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynandromorph.

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