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Female

/ˈfiː.meɪl/

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

📖 Definitions of "Female"

noun
  1. 1

    One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

adjective
  1. 1

    Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

    "female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger"

  2. 2

    Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

    "stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration"

  3. 3

    Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

    "the female chromosome;   estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males"

  4. 4

    (grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

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