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  • 51female — [14] The symmetry between female and male is a comparatively recent development. Female started as Latin fēmella, a diminutive form of fēmina ‘woman’ (whence English feminine [14]). This in turn was a derivative of Latin fēlāre ‘suck’, and so… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 52female — [14] The symmetry between female and male is a comparatively recent development. Female started as Latin fēmella, a diminutive form of fēmina ‘woman’ (whence English feminine [14]). This in turn was a derivative of Latin fēlāre ‘suck’, and so… …

    Word origins

  • 53male — [14] The Latin word for ‘male’ was masculus (from which of course English gets masculine [14]). It passed into Old French as masle, which later became male – hence English male. The Spanish descendant of masculus is macho, which means ‘virile’ as …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 54male — [14] The Latin word for ‘male’ was masculus (from which of course English gets masculine [14]). It passed into Old French as masle, which later became male – hence English male. The Spanish descendant of masculus is macho, which means ‘virile’ as …

    Word origins

  • 55Female Fat Admirer — The attraction of men to overweight or obese female partners would seem to have a higher profile than that of women who are attracted to large to extremely large men, as evidenced by the number of websites and communities devoted to it. However,… …

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  • 56male pseudohermaphroditism — a condition in which the affected individual is genetically male and has male gonads (testes) but has significant typically female secondary sex characters. Cf. androgen insensitivity syndrome, under syndrome …

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  • 57Juggalos and Juggalettes — Male and female fans of Insane Clown Posse – a Detroit based “horrorcore” hip hop band. Writing in The Salt Lake Tribune, Melinda Rogers explained how Insane Clown Posse’s Juggalos and Juggalettes have recently become the subject of negative (and …

    Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

  • 58Female urethral opening — The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females the urethra is shorter than in the male and opens above the vaginal opening, as indicated here …

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  • 59Gender of connectors and fasteners — A male threaded pipe, left, and female threaded elbow. In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The female connector is …

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  • 60Circumcision and HIV — This article is about male circumcision and HIV. For female circumcision and HIV, see Female genital cutting#HIV. Over forty epidemiological studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between male circumcision and HIV… …

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