gonochorist
noun
gon·o·cho·rist
¦gänə¦kōrə̇st
plural -s
: a dioecious individual or race
especially : one in which sex is determined by developmental rather than hereditary mechanisms
gonochoristic adjective
¦gänəkō¦ristik
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary gon- + -chorist (from Greek chōristos separable, from chōrizein to separate) originally formed in German