• noun:   an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
• noun:   a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
• adjective:   being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

  Example: "A female heir"

• adjective:   for or composed of women or girls

  Example: "The female lead in the play"

• adjective:   characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

  Example: "Female sensitiveness"

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