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FEMALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("female" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "female"):
hen (female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster)
dam (female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock)
female mammal (animals that nourish their young with milk)
filly (a young female horse under the age of four)
Antonym:
male (an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova))
Derivation:
female (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
Synonyms:
female; female person
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("female" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meronyms (parts of "female"):
female body (the body of a female human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "female"):
female offspring (a child who is female)
female child; girl; little girl (a youthful female person)
foster-sister; foster sister (your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents)
girl wonder (an extremely talented young female person)
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
woman (a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man)
Antonym:
male (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
Derivation:
female (characteristic of or peculiar to a woman)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
Example:
female holly trees bear the berries
Classified under:
Similar:
female (for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls)
egg-producing; young-bearing (capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring)
pistillate (having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant)
Also:
feminine (associated with women and not with men)
Attribute:
gender; sex; sexuality (the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Antonym:
androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)
male (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation)
Derivation:
female (an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa))
femaleness (the properties characteristic of the female sex)
Sense 2
Meaning:
For or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
Example:
a female chorus
Classified under:
Similar:
female (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop)
Derivation:
femaleness (the properties characteristic of the female sex)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
Example:
female suffrage
Synonyms:
distaff; female
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
feminine (associated with women and not with men)
Derivation:
female (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)
femaleness (the properties characteristic of the female sex)
Context examples:
The status of a female with respect to menopause.
(Menopause Status, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An indicator as to whether the female subject is in menopause.
(Menopause Status, NCI Thesaurus)
When these males mate with uninfected wild females, the resulting eggs are sterile.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
These trials include pregnant women, women at risk of AIDS, female prostitutes, and women who have perinatally transmitted AIDS to a fetus or newborn.
(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Women, NCI Thesaurus)
AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) research efforts related to females 12 years of age or older.
(AIDS, Women, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects males more often than females and is characterized by hematuria, progressive renal insufficiency, hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities.
(Alport Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Median survival 113 weeks in males, 108 weeks in females.
(ACI, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
These trials include pregnant females, neonates, and infants.
(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Children, NCI Thesaurus)
This strain is susceptible to a variety of neoplasms including testicular, adrenal, pituitary, and skin and ear duct tumors in males and pituitary, uterine, mammary, and adrenal tumors in females.
(ACI/Seg, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% research efforts related to females 12 years of age or older.
(AIDS Related Research, Women, NCI Thesaurus)
