hermaphrodite her·maph·ro·ditenoun (plural her·maph·ro·dites) 1. biology organism having both sexes: a plant or animal having both male and female reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics. Also called androgyne 2. physiology person having both sexes: somebody who has both male and female elements of genital structure and both male and female secondary sexual characteristics 3. somebody or something combining contradictory elements: somebody or something that combines two very different elements or qualities, or seems to belong to two different classifications at once