female

adj. 1 of the sex that can give birth or produce eggs. 2 (of plants) fruit-bearing. 3 of women or female animals or plants. 4 (of a screw, socket, etc.) Hollow to receive an inserted part. n. Female person, animal, or plant. [latin diminutive of femina woman, assimilated to male]

n. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.