female
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- noun
- /ˈfiːmeɪl/
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hembra
- Everyone's favorite lion at Chobe was a female with a tracking collar.
- males and females
- adult female
- egg-bearing female
Can't you have to have a male and a female in mammalian reproduction?
- Can't you have to have a male and a female in mammalian reproduction?
- There was also a black female cat, which we called Midnight.
- And that that that male lion will want the female lions to go into estrus.
- Don't ever touch the, the female and the the, the, the kid.
Examples
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The Research Station aided their efforts by supplying ovigerous females at the New England Aquarium in Boston.
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About 1,000 to 10,000 larvae are produced from each female, depending on their size.
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And you see that, OK, the female has limited egg production.
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There was also a black female cat, which we called Midnight.
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And what you get is that females make a few eggs.
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The alpha female has chosen an unlikely mate.
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Among spotted hyenas, females are dominant to males.
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A female chooses her strongest mate so that her offspring have a greater chance at survival.
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You know, it's a curious fact that ever since my earliest experiments with rabbits and guinea pigs, I've always found the female of the species was more sensitive to electrical impulse than was the male.
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In the wild, a female lion plays a crucial role in hunting for her pride.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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Removal of any of the outer sexual parts of a girl or woman for cultural and religious reasons
- Specialized
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Body parts in women and female animals that make eggs and support pregnancy
- Specialized
An organ inside the female body that makes eggs or supports a pregnancy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word female comes from the Latin femina, meaning 'woman', and people used the word for animals by the idea of the sex that can have young. You can see the same root in feminine, so a female animal is the one that lays eggs or has babies.