"sex characteristic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sex characteristics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sex characteristic (plural sex characteristics)
  1. (biology) A physical trait of a sexually dimorphic organism that is specific to one sex. Wikipedia link: sex characteristic Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: sexual characteristic Translations (Translations): geslachtskenmerk [neuter] (Dutch), sukupuoliominaisuus (Finnish), caractère sexuel [masculine] (French), cecha płciowa [feminine] (Polish)
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