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Female Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Female? [n] an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) [n] a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies [adj] (biology) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries" [adj] for or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus" [adj] characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Female: distaff \| egg-producing(a) \| female person \| pistillate \| young-bearing(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Female: distaff \| female being \| feminine \| gentlewomanlike \| girlish \| gynecic \| gynecoid \| gynic \| her \| kittenish \| ladylike \| little-girlish \| maidenly \| matronal \| matronlike \| matronly \| muliebral \| petticoat \| she \| womanish \| womanlike \| womanly See Also \| adult female \| animal \| animate being \| beast \| brute \| creature \| dam \| fauna \| female body \| female child \| female offspring \| feminine \| foster-sister \| girl \| hen \| human \| individual \| little girl \| mortal \| person \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| woman Female In Webster's Dictionary \Fe"male\, n. [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L. femella, dim. of femina woman. See {Feminine}.] 1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. The male and female of each living thing. --Drayton. 2. (Bot.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant. \Fe"male\, a. 1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male. As patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed. --Shak. 2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness. ``Female usurpation.'b8 --Milton. To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America. --Belknap. 3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.

Female Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Female?

[n] an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
[n] a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
[adj] (biology) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"
[adj] for or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
[adj] characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"

Female In Webster's Dictionary

\Fe"male\, n. [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L.
femella, dim. of femina woman. See {Feminine}.]
1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth
   young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and
   produces ova.

         The male and female of each living thing. --Drayton.

2. (Bot.) A plant which produces only that kind of
   reproductive organs which are capable of developing into
   fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate
   plant.


\Fe"male\, a.
1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to
   young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.

         As patient as the female dove When that her golden
         couplets are disclosed.               --Shak.

2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex;
   characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.
   ``Female usurpation.'b8 --Milton.

         To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe
         the discovery of America.             --Belknap.

3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in
   cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.

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