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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...
- Malé (/ˈmɑːleɪ/, locally [ˈmɑːlɛ]; Dhivehi: މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. With a po****tion of 227,486 and an...
- the world, but rape of males is now commonly criminalized and has been subject to more discussion than in the past. Rape of males is still taboo, and has...
- adult men. In southern areas of Central Asia and Afghanistan, adolescent males between twelve and sixteen years old perform erotic songs and suggestive...
- reproduction, male and female gametes fuse to form zygotes that develop into offspring that inherit a selection of the traits of each parent. Males and females...
- cancelled and Maleš signed a three-year contract with Lokomotiva. He spent one of these three seasons on loan with NK Zagreb. In June 2013, Maleš signed a...
- leafy seadragon), males perform that function. The fish family Syngnathidae has the unique characteristic of a highly derived form of male brood care referred...
- "Unidentified Black Males" is the 61st episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the ninth of the show's fifth season. Written by Matthew Weiner...
- 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...
- evolution. Male genitalia show traits of divergent evolution that are driven by ****ual selection. The visible portion of the mammalian genitals for males consists...