Definition of male

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Male (v. t.) 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..

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Actress :: Actress (n.) A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
Queen :: Queen (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing..
Godson :: Godson (n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.
Woodchat :: Woodchat (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath..
Monastery :: Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females..
Sow :: Sow (n.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind..
Harpress :: Harpress (n.) A female harper.
Halter :: Halter (n.) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
Defendress :: Defendress (n.) A female defender.
Gallantry :: Gallantry (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue..
Pseudovum :: Pseudovum (n.) An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvae of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Paedogenesis..
Malefic :: Malefic (a.) Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
Plumule :: Plumule (n.) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Liedertafel :: Liedertafel (n.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
Maid :: Maid (n.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata)..
Pipefish :: Pipefish (n.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place..
Androspore :: Androspore (n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions..
Gnat :: Gnat (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito..
Monoecious :: Monoecious (a.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious..
Koala :: Koala (n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth..
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