maleless

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English

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Etymology

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From male +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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maleless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of males.
    • 2004, Ulf Hannerz, Soulside: inquiries into ghetto culture and community:
      In previous chapters we have indicated that husbandless households need not be maleless — many of them have boarders, others include a mother's brother.
    • 2004, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Connecticut wildlife: biodiversity, natural history, and conservation:
      The small woolly females of this maleless species give rise to more females that feed by inserting their tubular mouthparts into the bark.

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