Although " android " is used almost universally to refer to both sexes, and those of no particular sex, " android " technically refers to the male form, while " gynoid " is the feminine form.

Although those of many marine species function first as males and then as females, their colonies always contain a combination of zooids that are in their male and female stages.

Although female roles were performed by castrati in some of the papal states, this was increasingly rare ; by 1680, they had supplanted " normal " male voices in lead roles, and retained their position as primo uomo for about a hundred years ; an Italian opera not featuring at least one renowned castrato in a lead part would be doomed to fail.

Although often appearing in stories as male, Coyote can be female, hermaphrodite, or gender changing, in traditional Aboriginal stories.

Although a new electoral law was passed that respected the principle of universal ( male ) suffrage, the stricter residential requirement of the new law actually had the effect of disenfranchising 3, 000, 000 of 10, 000, 000 voters.

Although under that system only a Chingissid could claim sovereignty and khanal authority, any male Chinggisid within a given sub-branch ( such as the Timurids ) had an equal right to the throne.

Although Tiberius and Claudius had male direct descendants ( Tiberius Gemellus and Britannicus, respectively ) available for the succession, their great-nephews ( Caligula and Nero, respectively ) were preferred.

Although his parents did not officially divorce until 1999, their marriage was in serious trouble throughout Walker's adolescence ; his father would often leave their Marin residence for extended periods to live in San Francisco with a male lover.

Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years, returning to its roots as an everyday garment.

Although it was originally targeted towards female viewers ( at one point said to be 30 % of the website's audience ), the male show later promoted itself as news from a gay perspective.

Although it was initially believed to be from a male, it was later determined to be that of Lakesha Levy, a female member of the Air Force who was killed in the bombing.

Although Sixtus IV has been accused of having had male lovers, there appears to be little to substantiate such claims other than the diary records of Stefano Infessura.

Although this term was primarily used in conjunction with the homosexual male population, in 1986 the concept was spread to the general population.

Although monoecious plants are often referred to as " hermaphrodites ," true hermaphrodites ( which are less common ) bear staminate and pistillate structures on individual flowers, whereas monoecious plants bear male and female flowers at different locations on the same plant.

Although male bonobos are individually stronger, they cannot stand alone against a united group of females.

Although very beautiful, the male lyrebird's tail is not held as in John Gould's painting, nor as in the portrayal of the Superb Lyrebird on the 1932 postage stamp ( featured on this page above the photo of John Gould's painting ).

Although still marketed primarily to women, it is also thought to attract a large crossover gay male audience.

Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales.

Although pups will produce ultrasounds around any other rats at 7 days old, by 14 days old they significantly reduce ultrasound production around male rats as a defensive response.

Although James had always adopted male favourites among his courtiers, he now encouraged them to play a role in the government.

Although male flowers open at 6 am, foraging by A. cerana is most intense between 7 am and 11 am, tapering off rather abruptly thereafter.

Although there is much variation in species generally the more physically aggressive sex is the male, particularly in mammals.

Although they supported women's suffrage and the general advancement of women in society, the Gouldens believed their daughters incapable of the goals of their male peers.

Although the names are old, this opposition is a modern western-influenced development popularized by Martin Haug in the 1880s, and was in effect a realignment of the precepts of Zurvanism ( Zurvanite Zoroastrianism ), which had invented a third deity, Zurvan, in order to explain a mention of twinship ( Yasna 30. 3 ) between the moral and immoral.

Although the word is sometimes translated as " god " or " deity ", some Shinto scholars argue that such a translation can cause a misunderstanding of the term.

Although Lugus may originally have been a deity of light or the sun ( though this is disputed ), similar to the Roman Apollo, his importance as a god of trade made him more comparable to Mercury, and Apollo was instead equated with the Celtic deity Belenus.

Although the element chob has been translated as ' squint-eyed ', which is an iconographic feature of the Classic sun deity, the only source for this translation Is a single statement by Tozzer.

Although specific imagery is used for the path of the sun ( for example, the sun being carried through the underworld on the shoulders of its lord ), there are hardly any histories concerning the mature sun deity, save for the southern Lacandons.

Although mentioned in the pyramid texts of Ancient Egypt as being a Nubian deity, there is no evidence that Dedun was worshipped by the Egyptians, nor that he was worshipped in any location north of Swenet ( contemporary Aswan ), which was considered the most southerly city of Ancient Egypt.

Although a semi-pantheon exists in the belief system, as it does in many indigenous African and Eastern religions, the lesser deities prevalent in Odinani expressly serve as elements of Chukwu the central deity.

Although in the Rigveda, the cow's description as aghnya ( that which should not be killed ) may refer to poetry, it may be reflective of some of the social practices, as were other practices like rituals and deity worship.

Although he did not believe in the Incarnation, he held deity to be manifest in humanity ; its saints and heroes became, in spite of innumerable frailties, after a sort divine ; man underwent an apotheosis, and all life was touched with the dignity and the grace which it owed to its source.

Although his discovery of the chalk figures in the Gogmagog Hills has been dogged by controversy, there are similarities between the name and nature of the purported ' Gog ' and the Irish deity Ogma, or the Gaulish Ogmios.

Although the word " kupala " ( or " kupalo ") is usually explained as " bather " ( from kupat ( i ) ' to bathe '), some scholars claim that it is not an epiteth of John the Baptist, but a name of a pre-Christian Slavic deity, derived from some other root.

Although brought into East Asia as a Buddhist deity, has become a character in folk religion and has acquired an identity that is partially independent of the Buddhist tradition ( cf.

Although the temple was shared by Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, each deity had a separate cella, with Juno Regina on the left, Minerva on the right, and Jupiter Optimus Maximus in the middle.

Although the name Moloch was formerly used for a deity of the ancient Near East, this name began to be used later in demonology to refer to the fallen angel and Prince of Hell.

Although Dakini-ten was said to be a powerful Buddhist deity, the images and stories surrounding it in Japan in both medieval and modern times are drawn from local kitsune mythology.

Although the Norse god Freyr functions as Hrafnkell's patron deity, the saga contains few supernatural elements

Although the supreme deity of the Turks was Tengri, the sky god, it was the cult of the wolf that was politically far more important.

Although he was originally a Netherese deity, Amaunator has inherited Lathander's church and is worshipped all over Faerun-ironically, he, like Selune, is now despised in Netheril itself, as that nation worships Shar exclusively.

Although these religions claim to offer a philosophic and salvific path not centering on deity worship, popular tradition in some sects of these religions has long embraced deity worship, the propitiation of spirits, and other elements of folk tradition.