Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gynandry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gy-nandry
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hermaphroditism, intersexuality; androgyny; resemblance (by a member of one sex) of another sex.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"On the whole therefore we may conclude that the preponderance of Linyphiidae in the records of gynandry fairly represents the actual state of things. And, briefly, the British figures stand thus—in 232 species of the Linyphiidae we have 7 ..."
"An interpretation of this specimen is difficult, and the comprehensive paper by Roberts & Parker (1973) does not help in defining these anomalous examples from the solifugids; in fact we cannot relate them to gynandry, intersexuality or […]"

Etymology

From gyno- (“woman”) + -andry (“man”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gyno
Suffix: andry

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

gynandries (plural)

Derived Forms

gynandrous

Frequently Paired Words

androgyny

Questions

What does gynandry mean?: Hermaphroditism, intersexuality; androgyny; resemblance (by a member of one sex) of another sex.
Where does gynandry come from?: From gyno- (“woman”) + -andry (“man”).

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