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# male

«male» in Mova's school dictionary: **Belonging to the sex that cannot give birth or lay eggs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (male); noun (a male, males)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Belonging to the sex that cannot give birth or lay eggs; in animals, the one that makes sperm: «a male lion». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#m1)

2) (noun) A male person, animal or plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#m2)

3) (of a plug or part) Having a part that fits into a hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science: in many animals males and females look different — a male lion has a mane, a male peacock has a colourful tail; in plants, male parts (stamens) make pollen. In forms and science tables: «male / female». Phrases: «a male and a female», «male animals», «male part».

### examples

- The male lion has a big mane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x1)
- A male seahorse carries the babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x2)
- The male peacock has a beautiful tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x3)
- Most of the birds we saw were males. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x4)
- Fill in the form: male or female. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x5)
- The stamen is the male part of a flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x6)
- As a male divinity he is more particularly the god of shepherds and flocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/#x7)

### note

Opposite: female. Homophone: «mail» (letters and post) sounds the same — don't mix them. «Male» is used for animals and science; for people we usually say man, boy, men.

### In the corpora

- [Ballet has many famous male dancers, such as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it needs huge strength and athletic skill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/7/)
- [Reindeer are the only deer in which both males and females usually grow antlers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/6-the-arctic/17/)
- [All clownfish hatch as males, and the biggest one in a group can turn into the female.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/9-coral-reefs-rockpools-and-the-seashore/6/)
- [Young males leave the family at around 10 to 15 years old and live alone or in loose groups of males.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/6/)
- [The temperature of the nest decides whether the babies will be male or female.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «male» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/male/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.