sexuals
SaySEK-shoo-uhlzUS/ˈsɛk.ʃu.əlz/UK/ˈsɛk.ʃuː.əlz/
- 1Plural of sexual.
Among aphids, sexuals emerge in fall to produce overwintering eggs.
The biologists compared the offspring of sexuals against those from clonal lineages.
Note
A regular -s plural that belongs only to the noun; the adjective sexual never takes it. The plural carries both noun meanings. In biology, sexuals are species or individuals that reproduce sexually, set against asexual or clonal ones. In talk about attraction, sexuals are people who feel sexual attraction, usually named in contrast to asexuals. Only context tells the two apart, since the form is identical.
sexuals is a form of sexual
- Forms
- sexualsexuals plural
- Spelling
- sexual → sexuals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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