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But when a male is aggressive to a female, he limits her ability to choose when and with whom she mates, since she faces attacks if she does not do as the male wishes.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or designating the sex that has organs to produce spermatozoa for fertilizing ova.
  2. adjective Characteristic of or appropriate to this sex; masculine.
  3. adjective Consisting of members of this sex.
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  • However, when a male is aggressive to a female, he limits her ability to choose when and with whom she mates, as she faces attacks if she does not do as the male wishes, writes the lead author. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • But when a male is aggressive to a female, he limits her ability to choose when and with whom she mates, since she faces attacks if she does not do as the male wishes. —  Mr. Barlow's Blog
  • The suspect is described as a male, approximately 6 feet tall, with dark hair, wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and white shoes.
  • Cameron is described as a male, about 5 feet, 10 inches and 175 pounds. —  News - MyNC.com
  • Well I guess due to the rarity of mixed race couples where the male is Asian and the girl is Anglo, I've started to assume that white girls wouldn't be interested in me, and would bar me from the get go. —  Mooiness!
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin masculus, diminutive of mās, male.

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  1. from Middle English male, from Old French male, masle, French mále = Provencal mascle = Spanish Portuguese macho = Italian maschio, from Latin masculus, male, diminutive (in form), from mas (mar-), a man, a male (human being or animal). Hence also (from Latin mas) English masculine, marital, marry, etc.
  2. from Old French mal, feminine male, French mal, feminine male = Provencal mal, mau = Spanish mal, malo = Portuguese mao, mau, ma = Italian malo, from Latin malus, bad, evil (neuter malum, later Italian male—Spanish Portuguese mal = French mal, an evil). Hence, from Latin malusi English malice, malady, mal-, etc.
  3. Middle English, also mele; from Latin malum = Greek μη̄λον, an apple.
  4. Origin obscure.
 

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