In Zoology, a female is a Animal pertaining to the Sexe female, characterized by the production of the Ovule S which allow the reproduction Espèce, and, generally, by the Gestation. The ovule, produced by the ovary, changing, after Fécondation by a Spermatozoïde produces by a male individual , in Embryon which will directly give Naissance to a young person (while sometimes passing by a larval stage ) at the species Vivipare S or via an egg laid at the species Ovipare S. to note that at certain species, in particular the Poisson S, fecundation is done in the ambient conditions, the fertilized eggs not being carried by the female.

In French, contrary to other languages like the English or Italian, the term (as a Substantive) does not apply to the mankind, if not in a pejorative direction.

At the most familiar animal species, the male and the female are often indicated by distinct names: one has thus, the Vache and the Taureau, the Truie and the Verrat, the ewe and the ram, the hen and Coq, etc At the less familiar species one uses the adjectives “male” and “female” to distinguish the two sexes; besides example a male or female mole, a male or female hedgehog, the name of the species which can be male or female kind.

Femelle as a Adjectif characterizes the Organe S and the functions related on the reproduction and the sex female. It is used as well in zoology as in Botanique.

See too

• ♀
• Male

Simple: Female