In the 14th century, female appeared in english with such spellings as femel, femelle, and female The word comes from the latin femella, meaning young woman, girl, which in turn is based on femina, meaning woman. in english, the similarity in form and sound between the words female and male led people to use only the female spelling. This category is about females in general For human females, see category:female people. One major difference between males and females is their reproductive organs Anatomy specific to females generally relates to sexual function, reproduction, and hormone control.
Female, feminine, effeminate are adjectives that describe women and girls or attributes and conduct culturally ascribed to them. We use female and male to refer to the sex of humans and animals … the kitten was actually a female, not a male The study participants included 350 males and 250 females This meaning is mostly used in formal or scientific writing when referring to groups of people. Women and girls are sometimes referred to as females when they are being considered as a type
In scientific contexts, female is sometimes used as a noun to refer to women or girls The condition affects both males and females People sometimes use female to talk about young women, in order to avoid using 'woman' or 'girl' He asked if a white female of a certain age had checked into the hotel. The main difference between females and males is that females bear the offspring — and that goes for dogs, chickens, catfish, and anything in between There are even male and female squash flowers.
Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of x chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause.
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