Female | Mean of female in English Dictionary

/ˈfiːˌmeɪl/

• of or relating to the sex that can produce young or lay eggs
1. a female bird/mammal/insect
2. female [=women] athletes
3. a study of female [=women's] sexuality
• characteristic of girls or women
1. a female [=feminine] voice/name
• having members who are all girls or women
1. a female choir

• having only seed-producing flowers
1. a female holly
• having a hole that another part (called a male part) fits into
1. Most extension cords have a male plug on one end and a female plug on the other.
• Noun
• a woman or a girl
1. She attended a school where there were more males than females.
2. According to the study, males scored about the same as females.
3. The suspect was described as a white female aged about 30.
4. The shopping mall was mobbed by herds of adolescent females.
5. He referred to his angry coworkers as “a bunch of spiteful females.”
• an animal that can produce young or lay eggs
1. Females of this species weigh 8 to 10 pounds.
• a plant that can produce seed or fruit