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SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER

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• SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER (noun)
The noun SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER has 1 sense:

1. the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

Familiarity information: SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER used as a noun is very rare.

• SECONDARY SEX CHARACTER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

secondary sex character; secondary sex characteristic; secondary sexual characteristic

Hypernyms ("secondary sex character" is a kind of...):

sex character; sex characteristic; sexual characteristic (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)

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