alpha male
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a man or male animal that behaves in a confident or threatening way
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an adult male chicken. The noise that a cock makes is called crowing. The usual American word is rooster.
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a male dog or a male animal that belongs to the same group of animals as dogs, such as a male wolf or fox
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a large brightly-coloured male bird with long blue-green tail feathers that sometimes spread out and up. The female is called a peahen.
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an adult male horse, especially one kept for breeding (=producing young horses). An adult female horse is called a mare.
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a valuable male animal with good qualities, especially a horse or a bull that people breed to produce young animals
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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