Results for male
Definitions of male:
part of speech: adjective
A prefix signifying evil; ill; badly, as in malformation, malediction.
part of speech: adjective
Masculine: pertaining to the sex that begets ( not bears) young: ( bot.) bearing stamens.
part of speech: noun
A male animal or plant; in bot., a plant or flower which bears stamens and no pistil.
part of speech: noun
A human being of the sex that fathers young; an animal or plant of such sex.
part of speech: noun
One of the male sex: a he- animal: a stamen- bearing plant.
part of speech: adjective
Relating to the sex that begets young; bearing stamens only; having the thread on the outside, as a screw.
part of speech: adjective
Pertaining to the sex that fathers young; not female; masculine.
Usage examples for male:
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In some of the fossil specimens the male flowers are preserved.
"The Student's Elements of Geology", Sir Charles Lyell -
" Because you know that I'm the last male representative of our family.
"Black Jack", Max Brand -
Fifty per cent, of the Koptic male population can read and write well.
"History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)", S. Rappoport -
A large number of persons must be assembled there, for she could distinguish several male voices, and now and then a woman's.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers