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male-, repr. L.
male-, comb. form of adv.
male (see
MAL-) in
malediction XV. — L.
maledictiō,
-ōn-; see
DICTION.
malefactor XV. — (partly through OF.
malfaicteur) L.
malefactor (
facere DO1).
malefic productive of evil XVII. — L.
maleficus.
maleficent XVII.
malevolent XVI. — OF.
malivolent or L.
malevolēns,
-ent- (
volēns, prp. of
velle WILL).
malevolence XV. — OF. or L.
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Male residency and mating patterns in a subsocial spider.
Magazine article from: Journal of Arachnology; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...In spiders, where males tend to move around in search of females, a male's mating success...towards the first male to mate, males should seek out and...unbiased with respect to male mating order. In such a case, males should preferentially...
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Male-biased breeding ground fidelity and longevity in American Golden-Plovers.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Additional evidence of male-biased fidelity in dominicus (4 of 7 males and 0 of 2 females...the nest where the male had been banded in a previous season, two males had moved about 250...involving four banded males) in which the male reoccupied his usual...
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Male Matters: Masculinity, Anxiety, and the Male Body.
Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...particularly the heterosexual male body, which Thomas argues is...is an 'invisibility' of the male body and its productions which...book. 'My argument is that males accede to the dominant fiction...production that abjection patrols: 'Male Matters might be called a performative...
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Male dominance linked to size and age, but not to 'good genes' in brown trout ( Salmo trutta ).(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Evolutionary Biology; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...from another river. In the first experiment we found that older, heavier and larger males are more dominant in male-male interactions. In both experiments males differ in their genetic quality, but dominant males do not seem to be of superior...
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Male survivors' perspectives of incest/sexual abuse
Magazine article from: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...forms of sexual abuse from male survivors' perspectives...help clinicians identify males with a possible history...Audiotaped interviews with 25 male survivors described the...studies focus on adult male survivors. Although the sexual abuse of males has been considered rare...
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Male-killing endosymbionts: influence of environmental conditions on persistence of host metapopulation.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Evolutionary Biology; 9/2/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...feminization (infected genetic males reproduce as females...cross between infected male and an uninfected female...can also be expected in male killing endosymbionts...environment [17] and male killer prevalence will be reduced because some males always survive. It remains...
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Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; UNVEILING MALE RAPE: NO MAN IS IMMUNE Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame. By Michael Scarce. New York: Insight Books, 1997, 311 pages. Cloth, $27.95. Reviewed by Michael D. Lyde, M.A., Department of Psychology...
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Male song variation of Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) in the Talamanca Mountain Range, Costa Rica.(Report)
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...population variation in male song has not previously...for this hummingbird. Male Green Violetear show...interactions with other males during the breeding season...aggressive interactions by males of this species. We define a male territory as a circular...
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Male-pattern violence.(Feature)
Magazine article from: off our backs; 9/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...get when feminists start talking about male violence. The statement "Most violent...the radical feminist of man-hating, male-bashing, and unfairness, and of wanting...Why do both men and women resist naming male violence? One reason is that we are afraid...
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MALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' RATINGS OF JOB SATISFACTION BY YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
Magazine article from: Education; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...focus on the need for more males in the teaching force. The scarcity of male teachers as student role...1996). This lack of male role models in the early...factor in recruiting more males into the profession. Mancus (1992) found that male elementary teaching candidates...
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Male
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...and politics by males. — androcratic...paternal chromosomes; male parthenogenesis...abnormal aversion to males. patriarchy 1...father or oldest male is the supreme authority...traced through the male line. 2. government by males, with one as supreme...
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male
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...masculine: male unemployment a deep male voice. ∎ (of...corresponding female part. • n. a male person, plant, or animal: the audience consisted of adult males the male of the species. DERIVATIVES: male...
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Sex in the 1960s: The Male Pill
Book article from: American Decades
...development of an effective male birth-control pill. One social...the technique. Diamines The male pill was developed from research...arrested maturation of the sperm in males, making them sterile. Dr...the diamines on thirty-nine male convicts at the Oregon State...
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Male Impersonation
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Male Impersonation. Since in the early theatre...mainly played by men and boys, the question of male impersonation did not arise until actresses...their success in the temporary assumption of male attire when playing such parts as Rosalind...
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Male orgasmic disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Male orgasmic disorder Definition Male orgasmic disorder may be defined as a persistent or recurrent inability...dyspareunia , and others. Description The individual affected by male orgasmic disorder is unable to experience an orgasm following a...
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