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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Maleate :: Maleate (n.) A salt of maleic acid.
Parthenogenesis :: Parthenogenesis (n.) The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination. It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation. Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis..
Hectocotylus :: Hectocotylus (n.) One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of the eggs. In a special sense, the greatly modified arm of Argonauta and allied genera, which, after receiving the spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes..
Sexed :: Sexed (a.) Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition..
Boar :: Boar (n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog..
Ganch :: Ganch (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment..
Tutrix :: Tutrix (n.) A female guardian; a tutoress.
Huia Bird :: Huia bird () A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved..
Hostess :: Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Anandrous :: Anandrous (a.) Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers..
Malefactress :: Malefactress (n.) A female malefactor.
Regentess :: Regentess (n.) A female regent.
Authoress :: Authoress (n.) A female author.
Pterygopodium :: Pterygopodium (n.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee..
Rosefinch :: Rosefinch (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red..
Malefactor :: Malefactor (n.) An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
Shakeress :: Shakeress (n.) A female Shaker.
Pride :: Pride (n.) Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast..
Dolphinet :: Dolphinet (n.) A female dolphin.
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