Female Definition

fēmāl

females

adjective

Designating or of the sex that produces ova and bears offspring.

Webster's New World

Of, characteristic of, or suitable to members of this sex; feminine.

Webster's New World

Consisting of women or girls.

Webster's New World

Designating or of a reproductive structure or part containing large gametes (eggs) that can be fertilized by smaller, motile gametes (sperms)

Webster's New World

Having pistils, archegonia, or oogonia, but no stamens or antheridia.

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noun

females

A female animal or plant.

Webster's New World

A female person; woman or girl.

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Other Word Forms of Female

Singular:

female

Plural:

females

From Old French femele, from Medieval Latin femella (“a female”), from Latin femella (“a young female, a girl”), diminutive of femina (“a woman”). The English spelling was remodelled under the influence of male, which is not etymologically related. Compare man and woman.

From Wiktionary
Middle English alteration (influenced by male male) of femelle from Old French from Latin fēmella diminutive of fēmina woman dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition