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ALL meanings of secondary sex characteristic

sec·ond·ar·y sex char·ac·ter·is·tic
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  • noun secondary sex characteristic any of a number of manifestations, as development of breasts or beard, muscularity, distribution of fat tissue, and change of pitch in voice, specific to each sex and incipient at puberty but not essential to reproduction. 1
  • noun secondary sex characteristic any of the physical characteristics that differentiate male and female individuals, as distribution of hair or fat on the body, breast and muscle development, deepening of the voice, etc., that are not directly related to reproduction and usually appear at puberty 0
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