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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English unisexual From uni- + sexual.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of an organism, having characteristics of a single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites).
Most animals are unisexual.
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(not-comparable) Of a species, having only a single (potentially hermaphroditic) sex (as opposed to bisexual).
The second line of inquiry has to do with the ultimate fate of unisexual species. Are they doomed to more rapid extinction than bisexual species? On the assumption that unisexual populations lack genetic variation, most theoretical studies […]
1981, Mosaic, page 4:
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(not-comparable) Unisex; suitable for any sex or gender.
You may not be familiar with the name or it could be a unisexual name, and some women and men may have first names that are more traditional for the opposite gender.
2015, Arhlene A. Flowers, Global Writing for Public Relations: Connecting in English with Stakeholders and Publics Worldwide, Routledge, →ISBN, page 433:
Deriveds
unisexually · unisexualization · unisexualize · unisexuality
Translations (20)
ga aonghnéasach (having characteristics of a single sex) · fr unisexe (having characteristics of a single sex) · uk одностате́вий (having characteristics of a single sex) · bg еднополов (having characteristics of a single sex) · pt unissexual (having characteristics of a single sex) · be аднапо́лы (having characteristics of a single sex) · fr unisexuel (having characteristics of a single sex) · ja 単性の (having characteristics of a single sex) · mk еднополов (having characteristics of a single sex) · tl sansariin (having characteristics of a single sex) · io unsexua (having characteristics of a single sex) · pt unissexuado (having characteristics of a single sex) · ru однопо́лый (having characteristics of a single sex) · cmn 單性的 /单性的 (having characteristics of a single sex) · es unisexual (biol.) (having characteristics of a single sex) · it unisessuale (having characteristics of a single sex) · de eingeschlechtlich (having characteristics of a single sex) · cs nedokonalý (having characteristics of a single sex) · pl jednopłciowy (having characteristics of a single sex) · fi yksineuvoinen (having characteristics of a single sex)