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Antonyms for males
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : meyl |
Phonetic Transcription : meɪl |
Definition of males
Origin :- late 14c., "male human being; male fish or land animal," from Old French masle (adj.) "masculine, male, adult," also used as a noun (12c., Modern French mâle), from Latin masculus "masculine, male, worthy of a man" (cf. Provençal mascle, Spanish macho, Italian maschio), diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person or animal, male."
- noun man
- In 1674 they had but two hundred and fifty males in the whole tribe.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- He slew all the males, and carried away all the women and children.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- These varied somewhat but there was this great preponderance of males in every class but one.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- This was a female of his kind, and it was a law of his kind that the males must not fight the females.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The other males, now useless, are all massacred in autumn by the working bees.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- The females and young ran before him, even the males retreated.
- Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown
- In this genealogy, males are denoted by capitals, and females by small letters.
- Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
- This community is in itself a monarchy, composed of a queen, of males which are the drones, and of working bees called neuters.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- She was "pretty as a picture," all the males agreed upon that point.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- They are lost or never gained by the males after emasculation.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
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