Other Definitions
female (dict)
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FemaleFemale is a sex that denotes an animal which produces egg cells in order to reproduce. (The "egg cell" is the larger gamete). Female or Feminine is a grammatical gender in many languages. The female is one half of a heterogamous reproduction system, where the male is the other half. In many cases, a female cannot reproduce without sexual intercourse with a male, although some exceptions exist. What actually differentiates a female from a male is not always apparent, and in some cases is more a question of definition than anything else. 'Female' and 'male' designate reproductive structures in plants, so the concept is not just limited to animals. A woman is a female human being. In most cultures, women are expected to conform to a standard female gender role. A common symbol used to represent the female gender is ♀. This symbol also represents the planet Venus and is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus' hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath (Unicode: ♀). Other meanings of female See also - Woman for more on female humans.
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