male
/meɪl/ adjective B1- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. · male writers· the leading male and female singers
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) · stereotypically male interests· an insect with typically male coloration
- Tending 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
- Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
- Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
Comparative maler · Superlative malest
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Bennet’s property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother’s fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his.
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