Gonochorism
- Noun
In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs.
- Noun
In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.
- Noun
Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism.
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