female | (adjective) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop | - |
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(adjective) for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls | - |
(adjective) characteristic of or peculiar to a woman | Synonyms: distaff |
(noun) an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) | - |
(noun) a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | Synonyms: female person |
male | (adjective) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation | - |
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(adjective) for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys | - |
(adjective) characteristic of a man | Synonyms: manful, manlike, manly, virile |
(noun) an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) | - |
(noun) a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies | Synonyms: male person |
tamale | (noun) dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed | Synonyms: tamal |
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