the sex that can give birth
having the qualities or characteristics of a woman
Cases of word usage
1) (a musical part for) a person having the highest adult male singing voice or the lowest female singing voice (above tenor) (alto)
2) (of a woman, female animal) unable to have young ones (barren)
3) a female dog, wolf or fox (bitch)
4) (a woman with) the lowest female voice (contralto)
5) a fully grown female or any animal of the ox family, especially the domestic kind kept by farmers for producing milk (cow)
6) a person's female child (daughter)
7) a female deer, rabbit or hare (doe)
8) a young female horse (filly)
9) a female child up to the age of 17 or 18; a daughter (girl)
10) a female god, especially in Greek and Latin mythology (goddess)