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female 1. of, relating to, or designating the sex producing gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) 2. (of reproductive organs such as the ovary and carpel) capable of producing female gametes 3. (of gametes such as the ovum) capable of being fertilized by a male gamete in sexual reproduction 4. (of flowers) lacking, or having nonfunctional, stamens 5. Engineering having an internal cavity into which a projecting male counterpart can be fitted female [′fē‚māl] (botany) A flower lacking stamens. (zoology) An individual that bears young or produces eggs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| No Female shall walk in any public place without continually keeping up her Peace-cry, under penalty of death. But he had deliberately incurred the hindrance, having made up his mind that it was now time for him to adorn his life with the graces of female companionship, to irradiate the gloom which fatigue was apt to hang over the intervals of studious labor with the play of female fancy, and to secure in this, his culminating age, the solace of female tendance for his declining years. This same Teiresias was chosen by Zeus and Hera to decide the question whether the male or the female has most pleasure in intercourse. |
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