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hermaphroditeOrganism 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2) Following his wife's abrogation of her civic duties--spectacularly represented when her bosoms surrealistically fly off like a set of balloons--the now hermaphroditic Husband heroically bears the Nation's children parthenogenetically. Michiels, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Tubingen in Germany, offers the striking example of hermaphroditic polyclad flatworms called Pseudobiceros bedfordi. And with all due respect to the hermaphroditic community, we're not looking for that much of a surprise in the delivery room. |
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