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Meaning of female

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  female
      adj 1: 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"
             [ant: {androgynous}, {male}]
      2: characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female
         sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" [syn: {female}, {distaff}]
      3: for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the
         female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
      n 1: an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be
           fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) [ant: {male}]
      2: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies [syn:
         {female}, {female person}] [ant: {male}, {male person}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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