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  1. 1. a. & n. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. & n. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. having an ambiguous sexual identity Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. 2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson. He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds. Source: webster
  7. 7. n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made s having an ambiguous sexual identity s having unsuitable feminine qualities Source: ecdict

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