of or designating a character or the gene producing it that appears in one sex only
sex-limited in American English
(ˈseksˌlɪmɪtɪd)
adjective
Genetics(of a gene character)
expressed in one sex only
Word origin
[1905–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspect ratio, jazz, persona, scrounge, white list