Definition of: hermaphrodite

(hûr·maf′rə·dīt) adjective
1. Having the characteristics of both sexes; bisexual.
2. Naut. Denoting a type of ship which is square–rigged forward and schooner–rigged aft.
3. Bot. Monoclinous.
—noun
1. Biol. A plant or animal organism that combines the characteristics of both sexes.
2. Naut. A hermaphrodite brig. [<L hermaphroditus <Gk. hermaphroditos, after Hermaphroditos HERMAPHRODITUS]
—her·maph′ro·dit′ic (-dit′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
—her·maph′ro·dit′i·cal·ly adverb
—her·maph′ro·dit·ism, her·maph′ro·dism noun