hermaphrodite brig

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hermaphrodite brig - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a.
     Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite
     animal or flower.
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     Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. --Totten.
        Hermaphroditic

  Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.)
     A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
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     Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
        forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
        Appendix.
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hermaphrodite brig - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hermaphrodite brig
      n 1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and
           fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast [syn: brigantine,
           hermaphrodite brig]