mala

As a noun mama

is mum, mom, mommy.

As an adjective mala is

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Mala is a descendant of male.

As nouns the difference between male and mala

is that male is one of the male (masculine) sex or gender while mala is a single lobe of an insect's maxilla.

As an adjective male

is belonging to the sex which typically has testes, which in humans and most other mammals is typically the one which has XY chromosomes.

As a proper noun Malé

is the capital of the Maldives.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective mala is

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