Gonochorism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gonochorism \Gon`o*cho"rism\, n. [Gr. ? offspring + ? to
     separate.]
     (a) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; --
         opposed to hermaphroditism.
     (b) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female
         individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary


         sexual organs.
     (c) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species
         previously hermaphrodite or sexless.
         [1913 Webster]