secondary sexual characteristic

1. 1.

   the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

   Synonymssecondary sex characteristicsecondary sex character

   Broadersex characteristic

Questions about secondary sexual characteristic

What does secondary sexual characteristic mean?

secondary sexual characteristic means "the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)".

What is another word for secondary sexual characteristic?

Close synonyms include secondary sex characteristic, secondary sex character. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.