Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the …

In the 14th century, female appeared in English with such spellings as femel, femelle, and female. The word comes from the Latin femella, meaning "young woman, girl," which in turn is based …

Female definition: having or relating to a gender identity that corresponds to a complex, variable set of social and cultural roles, traits, and behaviors assigned to people of the sex that typically …

FEMALE definition: 1. belonging or relating to women or girls: 2. belonging or relating to the sex that can give…. Learn more.

Someone who is female is a woman or a girl. ...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer.

Female animals are those that produce ova, which are fertilized by the spermatozoa of males. The main difference between females and males is that females bear the offspring — and that …

Female is a biological term used to describe the sex of an organism that produces eggs or ovum, while woman is a gender identity that encompasses a range of social, cultural, and personal …

fe′male•ness, n. syn: female, feminine, effeminate describe women and girls or whatever is culturally attributed to them. female classifies individuals on the basis of their genetic makeup …

female, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Early 14c. "female" means a woman or young female, from Old French femelle, Medieval Latin femella, and Latin femina, rooted in PIE *dhe (i)- "to suck."