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One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Example: female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger

Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

Example: stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

Example: the female chromosome;   estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males

(grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.