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Female

adjective

Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop. "Female holly trees bear the berries"

Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman. Synonym: distaff. "Female suffrage"

For or pertaining to or composed of women or girls. "A female chorus"

noun

An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa).

A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies. Synonym: female person.

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"Female" Quotes from Famous Books

... without?" asked a gentle female voice, at the same instant that the latch moved and fell again, as if she within waited to be assured of the character of her visitor before ...

— The Bravo • J. Fenimore Cooper

... of mine, having a daughter 'to finish,' looked over advertisement after advertisement, till finally her eye lighted on the circular of Mrs. Smith's Female Seminary, situated in the quiet and salubrious village of——, within a few minutes' walk of three or four places of worship.... Great care taken of the health, manners, and morals of the pupils.... Exercise insisted on.... Those ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... when flying which is dose exttreemly swift the motion of the wing is much like that of kildee it has two notes one like the squaking of a small pig only on reather a high kee, and the other kit'-tee'- kit'-tee'- as near as letters can express the sound- the beak of the female is black and the black and quaker colour of the male in her is yellowish brown mixed with ...

— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al

... female hands were delicate young women, who in Virginia had never been accustomed to field labor. They suffered greatly from the extreme heat and the severity of the toil. Oh! how often have I seen them dragging ...

— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... the Crown.] There are other Revenues the King hath, which are accidental; but bring in great wealth; That whensoever any man dies, that hath a stock of Cattel, immediately out thence must be paid a Bull and a Cow with a Calf, and a Male and Female Buffalo, which tax they call Marral. And there are Officers appointed, whose place it is, to come and carry them away. Also at Harvest yearly there is a certain rate of Corn to be paid by every man according to the Land they hold and enjoy. Heretofore the King granted, that upon Payment of a Sum ...

— An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies • Robert Knox

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