hermie

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the male given name Herman
2. A hermit crab.
   childish, informal
3. A hermaphrodite.
   informal
4. A diminutive of the female given name Hermione

Examples

“Your hermies need⟳ a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting.”

“[…] she went right to work⟳ catching hermies in the millpond […]”

“If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick⟳ out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let⟳ the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females.”

“2007, KS Augustin, Hunted Hermaphrodite Lover, Challis Tower (publ.), →ISBN. Get⟳ rid⟳ of the hermie, get⟳ rid⟳ of the sex-starved engineer, jail the saboteur, write⟳ the reports, then sit⟳ back and enjoy⟳ the peace.”

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