Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive system, as with mammary glands in mammals.

FEMALE definition: 1. belonging or relating to women or girls: 2. belonging or relating to the sex that can give…. Learn more.

fe′male ness, n. syn: female, feminine, effeminate describe women and girls or whatever is culturally attributed to them. female classifies individuals on the basis of their genetic makeup or their ability to produce offspring in sexual reproduction.

You can refer to any creature that can lay eggs or produce babies from its body as a female. Each female will lay just one egg in April or May.

Definition of female noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The normal human fetus of either sex has the potential to develop either male or female organs, depending on genetic and hormonal influences. In humans, each egg contains 23 chromosomes, of which 22 are autosomes and 1 is a female sex chromosome (the X chromosome).

Female typically refers to the sex or gender of an organism that is characterized by the presence of two X chromosomes, reproductive organs that produce eggs or ova, and secondary sexual characteristics that are associated with femininity.

FEMALE definition: having or relating to a gender identity that corresponds to a complex, variable set of social and cultural roles, traits, and behaviors assigned to people of the sex that typically produces egg cells.