female
adjective
[ ˈfiːmeɪl ]
• of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes.
• "a herd of female deer"
female
noun
• a female animal or plant.
• "females may lay several hundred eggs in two to four weeks"
Similar:
woman,
adult female,
lady,
girl,
lass,
lassie,
colleen,
member of the fair sex,
member of the fairer sex,
the female of the species,
bird,
wife,
wifie,
gal,
Jane,
sister,
sheila,
Judy,
dame,
broad,
frail,
maid,
maiden,
damsel,
demoiselle,
gentlewoman,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French femelle, from Latin femella, diminutive of femina ‘a woman’. The change in the ending was due to association with male, but the words male and female are not linked etymologically.
