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mail (MAYL) (noun)
1. Items that are sent by the postal service from one location to another: Greg checked the letter box to see if the mail had arrived that morning.
2. Armour, a defensive covering made of metal, or the hard covering of an animal: When going to battle, knights often wore mail to protect themselves.

The turtle has a hard shell, like mail, that helps to protect it from harm; so, the mail of the turtle protects it from predators.

mail (MAYL) (verb)
To send an article from one location to another through the post: She walked down the street to mail her letter.
male (MAYL) (adjective)
1. Masculine, manly, opposite of feminine: The male sprinter won the race by only a second or two.
2. Characteristic of men, or being masculine: Many sports that were considered appropriate only for a male player are now being played by women.

The man's wife was complaining that there was nothing in the postbox except more male mail.

Because he was expecting some delicately contentious mail, the often flirtatious male in the office commented he’d better put on his mail before opening his daily mail.

A secretary was talking with a colleague, "I hate junk mail."
Her fellow worker responded with, "Me, too, and there's one now," as she nodded toward her boss as he was just entering the office [referring to him as, "junk male"].

A woman likes a male best who has a will of his own . . . made out in her name.

—Evan Esar
man, men, male, masculine, manhood
1. A reference to a human being, regardless of gender or age; a person.
2. A human or an adult-male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category; for example, it is often used in combinations: a TV repairman, a milkman, a congressman, a freeman.
3. The human race; mankind; such as, man's quest for peace.
4. In zoology, a member of the genus Homo, family Hominidae, an order of Primates, class Mammalia, characterized by an erect posture and an opposable thumb.

A member of the only species, Homo sapiens, distinguished by a highly developed brain, the capacity for abstract reasoning, and the ability to communicate by means of organized speech and recorded information in a variety of symbolic systems.

5. A male human endowed with qualities; such as, strength, considered characteristic of manhood.

Traditionally, the oldest use of the term man and words derived from it (men, manhood, women, etc.), indicated any or all members of the human race regardless of gender or age.

masculine: male, males
1. Of or pertaining to the gender to which appellations of males normally belong.
2. Pertaining to the male sex; peculiar to or assigned to males; consisting of males.
3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of men or boys; male.
4. Etymology: "belonging to the male gender" from Old French masculin, "of the male sex"; from Latin masculinus, "male, of the masculine gender"; from masculus.

The meaning of "having the appropriate qualities of the male sex; that is, manly, virile, and powerful" was first indicated in the 1620's.

This entry is located in the following units: -ine (page 11) mascu-, mas- (page 1)
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(Greek: man, men, male, masculine; also, stamen or anther as used in botany)
(Greek: male)
(Latin: male, manly, of or relating to men or boys; of the male sex and gender; bold, courageous)
(Latin: betrothed man, groom; betrothed woman, bride; both come from sponsus, past participle of spondere, "to promise, betroth" from Old French, espous [masculine, male]; espouse [feminine, female])
(Samples of ancient beard and male and female hair styles)
(Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix)
(Indo-European > Old English: male bovine)
(Latin: fertilizing male elements of flowers; fine flour; milldust; spores; powder)
Word Entries containing the term: “male
Liquor: the procedure used by a male animal to clean his mate.
male pattern alopecia
Typical hair loss pattern of males in which the alopecia begins in the frontal area and proceeds until only a horseshoe area of hair remains in the back and temples.

This loss is dependent on the presence of the androgenic hormone testosterone.

This entry is located in the following unit: alopec- + (page 2)
Nihil agendo homines male agere discunt.
By doing nothing, men learn to act wickedly.

An alternate interpretation, "The devil finds mischief for idle hands."

This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group N (page 3) nihil- (page 1)
Quod male coeptum est, ne pudeat mutasse.
Hesitate not to change what you have started wrongly.

Motto of Emperor Philipp of Swabia, Germany (1198-1208). He was murdered by Bavarian Duke Otto of Wittelsbach.

This entry is located in the following unit: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group Q (page 4)
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ergatoid male, ergatomorphic male
An individual ant with normal male genitalia and a worker-like body.
This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 6)
mal-, male-, mali-
Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix; in this unit.
male aggregation syndrome
The mating pattern in which males from different nests gather in a group and queens join them to be inseminated.
This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 11)