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You're talking about gametes and OP and GP are talking about dimorphism, which is generally considered the difference in forms not including gametes. It's a very specific word to do with size differences, body hair etc. That is absolutely a bimodal distribution. Even just in height it is not binary.

Sex does have several meanings, and form is one of them.



Sexually dimorphic. That was the phrase used, was it not?


Yes, I just said dimorphism for short. My bad. What I said still stands, sexual dimorphism is the non-gamete differences between sexes.




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