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Definition of Males

Male
Male Male, a. [L. malus. See Malice.] Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
Male
Male Male, n. Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Male
Male Male, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. 2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry. Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A. Filixmas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See Female fern, under Female. Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under Female. Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
Male
Male Male, n. 1. An animal of the male sex. 2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

Meaning of Males from wikipedia

- are often determined by haplodiploidy, where most males are haploid and females and some sterile males are diploid.[citation needed] In some species of...
- world, but rape of males is now commonly criminalized and has been subject to more discussion than it was in the past. Rape of males is still taboo, and...
- 073°30′32″E / 4.17528°N 73.50889°E / 4.17528; 73.50889 Malé (/ˈmɑːleɪ/, locally [ˈmɑːlɛ]; Dhivehi: މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city in the...
- Maler is a surname of German origin meaning 'painter'. People with the surname Maler: Eva Maler (born 1988), German playwright Hans Maler zu Schwaz...
- male. Less common are SRY-negative XX males which can be caused by a mutation in an autosomal or X chromosomal gene. The masculinization of XX males is...
- Mike A. Males (born 1950) is an American sociologist who is senior researcher for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco, and content...
- Dead White Males is a 1995 play by David Williamson. It was written in response to an academic paper on post-structuralism that Williamson found incomprehensible...
- Peterson examining the evolutionary factors leading to human male violence. Demonic Males begins by explaining that humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas...
- sometimes designated as the alpha. Males, females, or both, can be alphas, depending on the species. Where one male and one female fulfill this role together...
- True: Males Can Lactate". Scientific American. Retrieved 2008-05-27. Diamond, Jared (February 1, 1995). "Father's Milk: From goats to people, males can...
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