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Definitions for gynandromorph
gaɪˈnæn drəˌmɔrf, dʒɪ-gy·nan·dro·morph
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Princeton's WordNet
hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene personnoun
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Wiktionary
gynandromorphnoun
An insect or crustacean literally having physical characteristics of both genders, usually displaying a bilateral difference.
gynandromorphnoun
A person having certain physical characteristics of both genders.
Etymology: From gyno- (woman) + andro- (man) + -morph (shape)
Wikipedia
gynandromorph
A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics. The term comes from the Greek γυνή (gynē) 'female', ἀνήρ (anēr) 'male', and μορφή (morphē) 'form', and is used mainly in the field of entomology. Gynandromorphism is most frequently recognized in organisms that have strong sexual dimorphism such as certain butterflies, spiders, and birds, but has been recognized in numerous other types of organisms.
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gynandromorph
A gynandromorph is an organism, typically an insect, bird, or crustacean, that contains both male and female characteristics or traits. The condition is usually the result of an event in early cell division during development. It can either be bilateral where one side of the body is male and the other female, or it can be random, with patches of male and female tissue throughout the body.
Webster Dictionary
Gynandromorphnoun
an animal affected with gynandromorphism,
Wikidata
Gynandromorph
A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics. The term gynandromorph, from Greek "gyne" female and "andro" male, is mainly used in the field of Lepidopterology or entomology. These characteristics can be seen in butterflies, where both male and female characteristics can be seen physically because of sexual dimorphism. Cases of gynandromorphism have also been reported in crustaceans, especially lobsters, sometimes crabs and even in birds. A clear example in birds is the gynandromorphic zebra finch. These birds have lateralised brain structures in the face of a common steroid signal, providing strong evidence for a non-hormonal primary sex mechanism regulating brain differentiation. A gynandromorph can have bilateral asymmetry, one side female and one side male, or they can be mosaic, a case in which the two sexes aren't defined as clearly. Bilateral gynandromorphy arises very early in development, typically when the organism has between 8 and 64 cells. Later the gynandromorph is mosaic. The cause of this phenomenon is typically, but not always, an event in mitosis during early development. While the organism is only a few cells large, one of the dividing cells does not split its sex chromosomes typically. This leads to one of the two cells having sex chromosomes that cause male development and the other cell having chromosomes that cause female development. For example, an XY cell undergoing mitosis duplicates its chromosomes, becoming XXYY. Usually this cell would divide into two XY cells, but in rare occasions the cell may divide into an X cell and an XYY cell. If this happens early in development, then a large portion of the cells are X and a large portion are XYY. Since X and XYY dictate different sexes, the organism has tissue that is female and tissue that is male.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gynandromorph in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gynandromorph in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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