Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, a variation or monstrosity in which the peculiar characters of the male and female are found in the same individual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being a
gynandromorph .
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Examples
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Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science say that the condition, known as bilateral gynandromorphism, is caused by a "chromosomal mishap."
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The occurrence of male somatic characters on one side or in some part of the body and female on the other, usually associated with the corresponding gonads, has been termed gynandromorphism, and has long been known in insects.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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Various attempts have been made to explain gynandromorphism in insects in accordance with the chromosome theory of sex-determination.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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These results, almost incredible as they appear, are in harmony with the relatively frequent occurrence of gynandromorphism in insects. [
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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