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* In ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'', male royal villaingulls develop a golden triangular point on the top of their beak reminiscent of a crown for display.

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No RealLife examples, please. Please only list fictional examples that aren't listed in any of the tropes listed here. Anything that fits in any of the tropes listed should be listed in that trope.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', Inkling and Octoling girls have smaller eyebrows and [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure curvier bodies]] than boys. Also, female Inklings have longer tentacles than the males, just like real squids.

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* In ''Literature/StielaugeDerUrkrebs'' female trilobite is described as being much more slender and elegant than the more robust protagonist Stielauge.

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' it's noted that male Hork-Bajir have three horns, while females only have two. Also, female Andalites have smaller tail blades than males.

* ''Fanfic/Ben10Guardians'': According to Kevin, male and female Anubian Baskurrs are differentiated by skin color, with [[TrueBlueFemininity females being blue]].

* The female playable characters in ''VideoGame/NululuOnline'' have a ball-shaped body and a ponytail or tail. The female Kiku also have two pigtails instead of one.

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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Sexual dimorphism played to [[UpToEleven such extremes]] that males and females are scarcely recognizable as members of the same species at all. (Can be the result of BizarreAlienBiology.)

* FurryBaldness: Older male induviduals who are bald or balding.

* MessyMaleFancyFemale: Female individuals appear smooth furred or feathered or elaborately groomed whereas male individuals appear scruffy or messy.

* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern:'' The people of Graxos IV essentially look like golden skinned elves, but the females like Arisia Rrab have much more human looking feet. Males like her uncle Blish Rrab have only two toes which are widely spaced and more pointed.

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}, it's noted that male Hork-Bajir have three horns, while females only have two. Also, female Andalites have smaller tail blades than males.

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Now a full discussion of these characteristics is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_sex_characteristic well beyond the]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism scope of this wiki]]; but when this subject arises in fiction, it can manifest itself in a variety of ways.

Now a full discussion of these characteristics is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism well beyond the scope of this wiki]]; but when this subject arises in fiction, it can manifest itself in a variety of ways.

Many times, fictional creatures are based on some manner of RealLife inspiration, and whether or not they have noticeable sexual dimorphism corresponds to whatever inspiration they came from -- if one author decides to [[CallARabbitASmeerp call a lion a Smeerp]], it makes sense that male Smeerps might have thick manes while female Smeerps do not, right?

Now a full discussion of these characteristics is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism well beyond the scope of this wiki]]; but when dealing with this subject in fiction, it can manifest itself in a variety of ways.

* HartmanHips: Female individuals posessing wide hips and a narrow waist, but a small bust. (Also common with anthropomorphism.)

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Female individuals posessing wide hips, a narrow waist, and a large bust. (Also common with anthropomorphism.)

No RealLife examples please. Please only list fictional examples that aren't listed in any of the tropes listed here. Anything that fits in any of the tropes listed should be listed in that trope.

* MasculineLinesFeminineCurves: Females have curvaceous bodies while males have squarer, more angular, or straighter bodies.

SecondarySexualCharacteristics are elements of a creature's physiology that result from it being male or female. It is one step removed from "primary sexual characteristics" (which describes the actual reproductive organs). For example, everyone knows that only male lions have that iconic mane of fur around their neck, and that only male mallard ducks have a green head; it is one of their species' SecondarySexualCharacteristics.

!!Secondary Sexual Characteristic Gender Clues:

* HourglassHottie: Female individuals posessing wide hips, a narrow waist, and a large bust. (Also common with anthropomorphism.)

!!Other Gender Clue Tropes:

!!Tropes That Get the Secondary Sexual Characteristics of Animals Wrong:

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SecondarySexualCharacteristics are elements of a creature's physiology that result from it being male or female. It is one step removed from "primary sexual characteristics" (which describes the actual reproductive organs, and we don't talk about that). For example, everyone knows that only male lions have that iconic mane of fur around their neck, and that only male mallard ducks have a green head; it is one of their species' SecondarySexualCharacteristics.

** PinkBoyBlueGirl: When the inversion is literal.