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hermaphrodite

Organism that has both male and female sex organs. Hermaphroditism is the norm in such species as earthworms and snails, and is common in flowering plants. Cross-fertilization is common among hermaphrodites, with the parents functioning as male and female simultaneously, or as one or the other sex at different stages in their development. Human hermaphrodites are extremely rare.



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2002, 2003) associated hermaphrodism and gonadal dysgenesis in amphibians with very low aquatic concentrations of atrazine (0.
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She further notes MawuLisa is "[s]ometimes called the first inseparable twins of the Creator of the Universe," while in other versions her hermaphrodism (and her very name) are separated out into distinct entities, with Mawu regarded as a feminine creator and Lisa identified as either her first-born son or her twin brother (The Black Unicorn 120).
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