Meaning

• One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

Meaning

• Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

  "a male bird feeding a seed to a female"

• Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

  "stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration"

• Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

  "the male chromosome;   like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones"

• (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

• Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.