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Male \Male\, n.
   1. An animal of the male sex.
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   2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
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Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
   A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
   fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form {male-},
   as in malediction, malevolent. See {Malice}.
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   Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
         either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
         separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
         maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
         malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
         male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
         it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
         maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
         preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
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Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
   male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
   Cf. {Masculine}, {Marry}, v. t.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
      young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
      spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
      as, male organs.
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   2. (Bot.) 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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   3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
      a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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   4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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   5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
      (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
      a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
      male screw, etc.
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   {Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({Aspidium
      Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
      against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and
      {Aspidium athamanticum} in South Africa, are used as good
      substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
      {Female fern}, under {Female}.

   {Male rhyme}, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
      as laid, afraid, dismayed. See {Female rhyme}, under
      {Female}.

   {Male screw} (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
      exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
      corresponding nut or female screw.

   {Male thread}, the thread of a male screw.
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Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-).
   See {Mal-}.
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Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See {Malice}.]
   Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
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Male \Male\, n.
   Same as {Mail}, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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MALE, n.  A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex.  The male
of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man.  The
genus has two varieties:  good providers and bad providers.
    

MALE. Of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young; the sex opposed to 
the female. Vide Gender; Man; Sex; Worthiest of blood. 
    

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "male":
      andric, bull, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, he, him, his,
      hombre, homme, male being, male person, man, manful, manlike,
      manly, mannish, masculine, spear, uneffeminate, virile