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Male

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveBelonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
"male writers; the leading male and female singers; a male bird feeding a seed to a female; in bee colonies, all drones are male; intersex male patients"
2.AdjectiveCharacteristic of this sex/gender.
"stereotypically male interests; an insect with typically male coloration"
3.AdjectiveTending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
"the male chromosome; like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones"
4.AdjectiveMasculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
5.AdjectiveHaving the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
6.AdjectiveOf instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
7.NounOne of the male (masculine) sex or gender. A human member of the masculine sex or gender. An animal of the sex that has testes. A plant of the masculine sex.
8.NounA human member of the masculine sex or gender.
9.NounAn animal of the sex that has testes.
10.NounA plant of the masculine sex.
11.NounA bacterium which has the F factor.
12.NounA male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
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