Damien, being the elder male, had lit the fire.

Rats live in clans, headed by an elder male and several females, that establish territories a few hundred feet around their home.

However, it was a term that adult children would sometimes use, and a general term of reverence for any elder male in a community.

He hovered over the elder male, his usually blank posture tensed and curved with worry.

Large spiraling shells, often grey or mottled red in color, sometimes with curved white sections on the shells of elder males.

The ghunghat is used to show respect to elder males of the extended family.

The two elder males insisted that the clan per- form a blood ritual to thank the gods for such a miraculous catch.

This is to show humility and respect to those elder to the woman, in particular elder males.

Even then she had never been content to sit with the other cubs through the interminable boasting speeches of the elder males.

The elder males feel happy in taking their grandkids to the fair and shop for them.