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sex attribute (SexAttribute)

Attributes that indicate the sex of an Organism.

Ontology

SUMO / QUALITIES

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  abstract  
is subclass of
  attribute  
is subclass of
  internal attribute  
is subclass of
  biological attribute  
is subclass of
  sex attribute  

Instance(s)

female  male 

Coordinate term(s)

animacy attribute  developmental attribute  disease or syndrome  psychological attribute 

Related WordNet synsets

sex, gender, sexuality
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
sex is kind of (all)...   sex is kind of...   kinds of sex...   kinds of sex (all)...   sex is an attribute of  
sex
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes"
sex is kind of (all)...   sex is kind of...  
sexual
of or relating to or characterized by sexuality; "sexual orientation"; "sexual distinctions"
sexual pertains to noun...  
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Axioms (2)

exhaustive attribute(sex attribute,female,male) holds. 
(exhaustiveAttribute SexAttribute Female Male)
If animal is an instance of animal, then there exists sex attribute attr so that attr is an attribute of animal. 
(=>
      (instance ?ANIMAL Animal)
      (exists
            (?ATTR)
            (and
                  (instance ?ATTR SexAttribute)
                  (attribute ?ANIMAL ?ATTR))))