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male

[meyl] / meɪl /
ADJECTIVE
masculine, manly
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"The male will lower his head down a little bit to a female to show it off."

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

This supposed alpha male is not man enough to acknowledge anything that could appear to make him look like a “loser.”

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, former Glaslyn male Aran has a new mate which has hatched a chick on a fresh nest.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

In 1780, remarkably, Richmond proposed annual parliaments and universal male suffrage, 138 years before the latter would be achieved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The water around him felt like cold sweat as he remembered tales he’d heard of clam pickers turning male spies into river animals.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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