Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary sexual characteristic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ondary -sex-u-al char-ac-ter-is-tic
IPA

51

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

9

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

Synonyms

secondary sex characteristic secondary sex character

Questions

What does secondary sexual characteristic mean?: the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

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