1. An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) 
2. A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
   - female person

1. 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" 
2. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
   "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
   - distaff 
3. For or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
   "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"

Derived forms: females

See also: egg-producing, femaleness, feminine, gender, pistillate, sex, sexuality, young-bearing

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Antonym: androgynous, male

Encyclopedia: Female

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