simultaneous hermaphrodite

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(thing) by BioTech (7.8 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Feb 06 2003 at 1:32:16

A type of hermaphrodite which has both male and female organs at the same time and is able to produce both sperm and eggs at the same time. Such an organism is also able to fertilize its eggs with its own sperm (self-fertilization).


From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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