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female in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
    "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
    female  distaff 
  2. 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"
    female 
  3. for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
    "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
    female 
noun
  1. an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
    female 
  2. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
    female  female person 
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