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Definition of: epicene
(ep′ə·sēn) adjective
1. Of common gender.
2. Belonging to or partaking of the characteristics of both sexes.
3. Loosely, sexless.
—noun
1. A noun that includes both sexes, as bird, rat.
2. A person who exhibits characteristics of both sexes. Also ep′i·coene. [<L epicoenus <Gk. epikoinos <epi- upon + koinos common]
—ep′i·cen′ism noun
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