male

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[meɪl], (Adjective)

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- of or denoting the sex that produces gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring
(e.g: male children)


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late Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’


[meɪl], (Noun)

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- a male animal or plant
(e.g: the males have brilliant sky-blue wings)


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late Middle English: from Old French masle, from Latin masculus, from mas ‘a male’


[ˈmɑːleɪ], (Noun)

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- the capital of the Maldives; population 111,000 (est. 2007)


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