A noun "male" represents a human or animal of the masculine sex or gender, or a plant of the masculine sex.
A bacterium which has the F factor.
A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
(Compare masculine, manly.) Characteristic of this sex/gender.
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
(grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
(figurative) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.