femalest

Adjective

female (not generally comparable, comparative femaler or more female, superlative femalest or most female)

1. (not comparable, usually) Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
   • female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male
2. (not comparable, usually) Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
   • stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
3. (not comparable, usually) Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
   • the female chromosome
4. (not comparable, usually) Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
   • In this process, one bacterium designated the male bacterium transfers its DNA into the female bacterium. Bacteria are determined to be male or female by a small piece of DNA, called F-plasmid, or sex factor. Bacteria with this small piece of DNA are labeled as males, and bacteria that do not have...2021 February 26, Gregor Majdic, Soul Mate Biology: Science of attachment and love, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 10
5. (figuratively, not comparable, usually) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
   • A ground-joint union is made in three separate pieces and is used for joining two pipes. It consists of two machined pieces with female pipe threads, which are screwed on the pipes to be united, and a threaded collar which holds the two pieces of the union together.1993, Ed Sarviel, Construction Estimating Reference Data, →ISBN, page 284

   Synonyms:

   socket

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