male
Adjective
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also: masculine - associated with men and not with womentells us about: gender, sex, sexuality - the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive rolesreferred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
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similar to: masculine - associated with men and not with women
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similar to: male - being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
Noun
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is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementsubtypes:
- sire - male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
- colt - a young male horse under the age of four
- male horse - the male of species Equus caballus
- bullock, steer - castrated bull
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subtypes:
- boy wonder - an extremely talented young male person
- blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad - a boy or man
- foster brother, foster-brother - your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents
- macho - a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo
- boy, male child - a youthful male person
- male offspring, man-child - a child who is male
- adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- man - a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- man - an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- mother's son - a male person
- sirrah - formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger
has: male body - the body of a male human beingsame as: male person -
is an instance of: national capital - the capital city of a nationis a part of: maldives, republic of maldives - a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
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