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male
Pronunciation: (māl), [key]—
n.
1. a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
2. an organism of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces a sperm cell or male gamete.
3. Bot.a staminate plant.
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adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or being a male animal or plant.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of a male person; masculine:
a male voice.
3. composed of males:
a male choir.
4. Bot.
a. designating or pertaining to a plant or its reproductive structure producing or containing microspores.
b. (of seed plants) staminate.
5. Mach.made to fit into a corresponding open or recessed part:
a male plug. Cf.
female (def. 8).
Ma•le
Pronunciation: (mä'lā, -lē), [key]—
n.
a city in and the capital of the Maldives. 17,000.
male-
a combining form meaning “evil,” occurring in loanwords from Latin:
malediction. Cf.
mal-. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.