Hermaphrodite

Real World Example

Imagine you're at a party where you’re expected to bring both a gift and a dish to share, but you only have time to prepare one item. This is similar to how some animals are hermaphrodites, capable of producing both eggs and sperm, essentially covering both roles in reproduction. Just as you efficiently manage to fulfill both roles of guest and caterer by bringing a combined gift-dish, a hermaphrodite animal efficiently takes on dual reproductive roles by being both a 'gift giver' (sperm producer) and 'dish provider' (egg producer) in the reproductive process.