Daniel Barenboim

Wagner is contrapuntal in a philosophical way as well as a musical way. What I mean by that is that every tendency has its opposite, and you see that in the man himself. He's a metaphysical hermaphrodite - he embraces hard and soft, masculine and feminine.

Argentinian Musician

David Mamet

I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface.

American Dramatist

Cate Blanchett

I think that the benefit of playing someone like Queen Elizabeth is that so much has been written about her, and there's so much speculation about her - was she a hermaphrodite? She's so mythologised, and there are a lot of images of her.

Australian Actress

A. S. Byatt

I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite.

English Novelist

Mainly used in biology to describe organisms that don't fit into traditional male or female categories.

Use in Biology

Be sensitive using this term regarding people; non-biological contexts may prefer 'intersex' or gender identity terms.

Cultural Sensitivity

Some hermaphrodites change sex during their life, known as sequential hermaphroditism.

Sequential Differences

Used metaphorically to describe the blending of two distinct elements into one.

Metaphorical Use

Often used in art or design to express a fusion of styles or characteristics.

Creative Fields

In architecture, it reflects a combination of different design eras or aesthetics.

Architectural Blending

 It didn't appear to have anything to do with making babies. The leading anatomist at the time declared that it was probably some kind of abnormal growth -- and that any woman who had one was probably a hermaphrodite.

The uncomplicated truth...

 the table that was the collegiate Webster's dictionary which gave me my first big word I was very proud of the word was hermaphrodite but of course I did actual kid things like like fast

Gastronomy and the...

 The plankton is full of surprises when it comes to sex. Meet the hermaphrodites. These comb jellies and arrow worms produce, store and release both sperm and eggs.

Hermaphrodite