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a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, or Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race. Lev. xviii. 22.

A male servant.

A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

ry small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.

Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. Chaucer.

n wasp (Zoöl.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvæ

A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince,…

Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.

To make visable in, or as in, a material form; -- said of spirits. A female spirit form temporarily materialized, and not distinguishable from a human being. Epes Sargent.

lp the matter, the alchemists call in many vanities out of astrology. Bacon. Some young female seems to have carried matters so far, that she is ripe for asking advice. Spectator.

A female mediator.

cells of these crossbreeds a process of segregation occurs such that germ cells, whether male or female, are produced of two kinds, T and t, in equal numbers. The T cells bear the factor "tallness," the t cells are devoid of it. The offspring, generation F2, which arise from the chance union of these germ cells in pai…

ial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.

Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.

Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n.

A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. "White as morne milk." Chaucer.