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female

adjective
  1. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
    “a female heir”
  2. for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
    “the female lead in the play”
  3. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
    “female sensitiveness”
    distaff
noun
  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