Male - Definition

male

adj 1: being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes
(spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in
generation; "a male infant"; "a male holly tree" [ant:
androgynous, female]
2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
[syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile]
3: for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys; "the male
lead"; "the male population"
n 1: an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can
fertilize female gametes (ova) [ant: female]
2: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies [syn:
male, male person] [ant: female, female person]
3: the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

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