gynandromorph
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyno- Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph English gynandromorph From gyno- + andro- + -morph.
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gender ambiguous