ˈdɪstɑːf ˈdɪstæf ˈfiː.meɪl ˈfiː.meɪl an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop a female heir female holly trees bear the berries for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls the female lead in the play a female chorus characteristic of or peculiar to a woman female sensitiveness female suffrage a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies