5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female
piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging
the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry. -- Male fern
(Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A. Filixmas), used in medicine as
an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in
America, and A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See Female fern,
under Female. -- Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables
agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under Female. - -
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which
enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female
screw. -- Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
Male, n. 1. An animal of the male sex.