hermaphroditism
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Known as sequential hermaphroditism, the largest females turn into males.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
These animals may also show simultaneous hermaphroditism and participate in simultaneous sperm exchange when they are aligned for copulation.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Serial hermaphroditism, in which the gonad can switch from producing sperm to ova, is also found in some crustacean species.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The chemical had been shown to disrupt development and make frogs develop both male and female features -- termed hermaphroditism.
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2010
In those days he saw mostly kids with adrenogenital syndrome, the most common form of female hermaphroditism.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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