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female
/ˈfiˌmeɪl/
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What does female mean?
adjective
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
- Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
- (figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
noun
- An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
- A human of feminine gender; a girl or woman.
- A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
- A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
- A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfiˌmeɪl/
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In the open ground before him, as he looked over the ridge of the rick, was a dark and apparently female form.
Rowland, as he spoke, had an instinctive vision of how such a beautiful young fellow must be loved by his female relatives.
More book examples (3)
Every adult Indian, female as well as male, was bent upon invading the camp of the bois brules, to destroy the murderer.
His powers of female impersonation, with which he had amused his good friends at Buisson-Souef, could now be turned to practical account.
'At the present moment,' says another authority, writing more than a year ago, 'there are three very bold female gamblers at Baden.