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secondary sex characteristic
noun
Definition of SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTIC
: a physical characteristic (as the breasts of a female mammal or the breeding plumage of a male bird) that appears in members of one sex at puberty or in seasonal breeders at the breeding season and is not directly concerned with reproduction —called also secondary sexual characteristic
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First Known Use of SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTIC
1927
Medical Dictionary
secondary sex characteristic
noun
Medical Definition of SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTIC
: a physical characteristic (as the breasts of a female mammal or the nuptial plumage of a male bird) that appears in members of one sex at puberty or in seasonal breeders at the breeding season and is not directly concerned with reproduction—called also secondary sex character, secondary sexual characteristic
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