noun
- An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa. )
- A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies.
- synonyms: female person
adjective
- Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova. from which offspring develop)
- usage: "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"
- Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
- usage: "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
- synonyms: distaff
- For or pertaining to or composed of women or girls.
- usage: "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
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