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maleless

UK/ˈmeɪl.ləs/

maleless adjective: devoid of males.

Adjective

maleless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of males.
    • 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, Ulf Hannerz, Soulside: inquiries into ghetto culture and community
    • The small woolly females of this maleless species give rise to more females that feed by inserting their tubular mouthparts into the bark.2004, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Connecticut wildlife: biodiversity, natural history, and conservation

Origin of maleless

From male + -less.

Words formed from maleless

Questions about maleless

What does maleless mean?
Maleless means devoid of males.
What part of speech is maleless?
Maleless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce maleless?
Maleless is pronounced /ˈmeɪl.ləs/ (UK).

Words near maleless in the dictionary

  1. Malekism
  2. Malekite
  3. Malekites
  4. Maleks
  5. Malekula
  6. maleless
  7. malelessness
  8. Malema
  9. malemiut
  10. malemiuts
  11. malemploy

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