gonochorism

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Definition of gonochorism in English English dictionary

The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives

In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless

In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs

Separation of the sexes in different individuals; opposed to hermaphroditism