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female   (TTS Sound)

The noun female has 2 senses

• female -- (an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa))


• female, female person -- (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)

The adj female has 3 senses

• female -- (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, distaff -- (characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage")


• female -- (for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus")