Definition for FE'MALE

FE'MALE, n. [Fr. femelle; L. femella; Arm. femell; Fr. femme, woman; San. vama, vamani, a woman. See Feminine.]

  1. Among animals, one of that sex which conceives and brings forth young.
  2. Among plants, that which produces fruit; that which bears the pistil and receives the pollen of the male flowers.

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