| 1. | a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman. |
| 2. | an organism of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces egg cells. |
| 3. | Botany. a pistillate plant. |
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or being a female animal or plant. |
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a female person; feminine: female suffrage; female charm. |
| 6. | composed of females: a female readership. |
| 7. | Botany.
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| 8. | Machinery. being or having a recessed part into which a corresponding part fits: a female plug. Compare male (def. 5). |

fe·male (fē'māl') adj.
[Middle English, alteration (influenced by male, male) of femelle, from Old French, from Latin fēmella, diminutive of fēmina, woman; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.] fe'male'ness n. Synonyms: These adjectives mean of or characteristic of women. Female categorizes any living thing by gender or sex: the female population; a female kitten; a female plant. |
female fe·male (fē'māl')
adj.
Of, relating to, or denoting the sex that produces ova or bears young. n.
A member of the sex that produces ova or bears young.
A woman or girl.