Is Gonochoristic a Word?

n. 1. Separation of the sexes in different individuals; - opposed to hermaphroditism.

What is the meaning of Gonochoristic?

: a dioecious individual or race especially : one in which sex is determined by developmental rather than hereditary mechanisms.

What is the difference between hermaphrodite and Gonochoristic species?

is that gonochorism is (biology) the situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives while hermaphroditism is the state of having sexual organs of both the male and female sexes.

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