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males meaning

EN[meɪlz]
WMales
FR mâles

    Definition of males in English Dictionary

  • NounBFmalePREmal-
    1. plural of male.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Males of all three species have very similar microtrichosity pattern of mesoscutum which otherwise helps to associate males with females even if not taken in copula.
        • The animals were 5-week-old, 23–27 g, murine pathogen free, Swiss albino male mice of the strain Udea:ICR(CD-2) bred in our high-tech microisolation animal facility.
        • Nadal is supposedly the alpha male in any slugfest. But Rosol's forehand shots were being sent towards the Majorcan at 93mph plus, and his was the fastest serve at 134mph.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Males castrated at birth are smaller (Field et al., 1997a ), and females ovariectomized at birth are larger than their intact male and female counterparts (Field et al., 2004 ).
      3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male.
        • Later it was found that both genes are specifically expressed in germ cell clusters, primordial and early primary oocytes in females and in prespermatogonia and spermatogonia in males.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Noun forms
          • Noun plural forms
      Related Links:
      1. en malesub
      2. en malesubs
      3. en malestream
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of males for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "males" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form.
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