sexual dimorphism

English

Female (left) and male (right) common pheasant, illustrating sexual dimorphism

Noun

sexual dimorphism (countable and uncountable, plural sexual dimorphisms)

1. A physical difference between male and female individuals of the same species.

Usage notes

Perhaps the most common form of sexual dimorphism is that males are larger than females. The term "reverse sexual dimorphism" refers to a situation where this relationship is reversed.

Hyponyms

• sexual dichromatism

Translations

physical difference between male and female individuals

• Catalan: dimorfisme sexual m
• Finnish: seksuaalinen dimorfismi, sukupuolidimorfismi
• French: dimorphisme sexuel (fr) m
• German: Sexualdimorphismus (de) m, Geschlechts­dimorphismus m
• Hungarian: nemi kétalakúság (hu)
• Icelandic: kynbundin tvíbreytni f
• Latvian: dzimumu dimorfisms m
• Polish: dymorfizm płciowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dimorfismo sexual m
• Romanian: dimorfism sexual n
• Ukrainian: стате́вий диморфі́зм m (statévyj dymorfízm)
• Welsh: dwyffurfedd rhywiol m

See also

• sexual selection
• sexual method
• sexual mimicry