as in androgynous
suitable to or for either sex
bought unisexual toys for the couple's new baby
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Recent Examples of unisexual
These disadvantages predict that unisexual species should go extinct within at most 100,000 generations.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
This provides both benefits and pitfalls for the less-mobile unisexual females.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
But there’s also a related variety of all-female salamanders, usually referred to just as unisexual Ambystoma.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
One clue is that unisexual Ambystoma salamanders steal DNA from the sperm of other salamander species left lying around.
—National Geographic, 10 May 2016
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
This provides both benefits and pitfalls for the less-mobile unisexual females.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
But there’s also a related variety of all-female salamanders, usually referred to just as unisexual Ambystoma.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
One clue is that unisexual Ambystoma salamanders steal DNA from the sperm of other salamander species left lying around.
—National Geographic, 10 May 2016
Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unisexual
Adjective
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In the film, set in 2001, a strange, androgynous teenager shows up at a Finnish farmhouse.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Janelle Monáe, with her years-long commitment to black-and-white suiting, is often read as androgynous, but in her styling, the tuxedo takes on a larger manifesto on gender, self-presentation, and power.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Machine Gun Kelly launched his genderless collection UN/DN Laqr in 2021 and Harry Styles launched his brand Pleasing back in 2022.—
Mikelle Street,
Footwear News,
17 May 2025
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Ever since best human actor became one big genderless category — 20 lead actors and 20 supporting actors — handicapping the contest has gotten damn near impossible.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Unisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unisexual. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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