secondary sex characteristic

noun

Definition of secondary sex characteristic

: a physical characteristic (such 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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secondary sex characteristic

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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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