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adjective
1Of or denoting the sex that produces gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring.
‘male children’- ‘the participants are mostly male’
- ‘The chromosome from the father determines whether the offspring becomes male or female.’
- ‘Thus, the benefits to offspring of male incubation may be reduced in various species.’
- ‘Some females even adjust the ratio of male to female offspring depending on the circumstances.’
- ‘Biological differentiation into male and female makes sexual reproduction possible.’
- ‘Reef fishes are egg-layers, and the eggs are externally fertilized by the male parent.’
- ‘The biological consequences concern both male and female reproductive systems.’
- ‘The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system.’
- ‘She put two male rats in an open-field maze at the same time with two bins of food.’
- ‘We came across a lone male elephant, feeding as he wandered.’
- ‘When sterile male flies mate with wild females, no eggs develop.’
masculine, men's, of men, he-View synonyms- 1.1Relating to men or the male gender.‘male unemployment’
- ‘He heard a gruff male voice in the background.’
- ‘You live in a place where male bonding takes on a whole new life!’
- ‘Firstly, to get the male point of view, they interview one man.’
- ‘The magnesium and manganese found in bananas are also extremely beneficial for male health.’
- ‘ Male mental health awareness has come a long way , but there 's still work to do be done.’
- ‘For hundreds of years, the assumption was that male pronouns would cover everyone.’
- ‘There are stories about people with male names getting more jobs and higher salaries than those with female names.’
- ‘The concept of the male gaze was first developed in film theory.’
- ‘Browsing is a stereotypically male activity.’
- ‘The living room we entered was typically male.’
male, aggressively male, masculine, unpleasantly masculineView synonyms - 1.2(of a plant or flower) bearing stamens but lacking functional pistils.‘The pollen grain is the male gametophytic phase of flowering plants.’
- ‘The path of pollen tubes has not been investigated, as male flowers were not available.’
- ‘Live oaks produce male flowers called catkins that bloom in hanging clusters.’
- ‘Thus, the perianth of male flowers is often larger than that of female flowers.’
- ‘Inflorescences with male flowers only were found in various sequential inflorescences in the six populations.’
- ‘It is now clear that mutation rates are greater in male than in female germ lines.’
- 1.3(of a fitting or part of machinery) manufactured to fit inside a corresponding female part.‘the valve has standard half-inch threaded male ends’
- ‘The fitting also includes a male end portion configured to engage female threads on the hub of the receptacle.’
- ‘Cut another small piece of pipe and attach male adapters on both ends.’
- ‘This audio cable with male connectors on each end is used with ISDN primary rate interfaces.’
- ‘Then the connector was flanged onto the newly installed flexible pipe end termination which will mate with the male hub connection structure.’
noun
1A male animal or plant.
‘the males have brilliant sky-blue wings’- ‘Common chimpanzees are very social animals, with males forming the closest bonds.’
- ‘Interactions among newborns, mothers, and adult males are rarely observed but are needed to distinguish between these hypotheses.’
- ‘Even Frodo, the longtime dominant alpha male, is feeling poorly and lying low.’
- ‘Neither of the two unmated males sired extra-pair young.’
- ‘Territorial males sired, on average, significantly more offspring per reproductive season than peripherals.’
- ‘Mate guarding is the primary mating tactic used by dominant males of many species of ungulates.’
- ‘There was no predation and there were no unmated males in our population.’
- ‘Plot shows percentage of females produced by hybrid males of various genotypes.’
- ‘Smaller groups usually consist of an unmated female courted by unmated males.’
- ‘Sometimes, though, the ratio of males to females lurches out of balance.’
- 1.1A male person; a man or boy.
- ‘the audience consisted of adult males’
male, adult male, gentlemanView synonyms
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’.
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proper noun
The capital of the Maldives; population 111,000 (est. 2007).
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