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Definition of Females
1. female [n] - See also: female
Lexicographical Neighbors of Females
Literary usage of Females
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"Of the deaths 263 were in males, and 104 in females: 228 were in adults. ...
164 females—250 adults and 205 minors. Ninety-three of the deaths occurred in ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"In jars of new food cultures five to ten days old and stocked with individuals
from these old culture jars, sexual females constituted as high ..."
3. The Lancet (1898)
"Of legitimate infants under one year there were 110 males and 98 females ; and
of one year and under seven years 59 males and 47 females. ..."
4. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"The females, as several entomologists have remarked to me, lie in an almost torpid
state, and appear not to evince the least choice in regard to their ..."
5. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"TABLE OF COLORS Entirely black 38 specimens—20 males and 18 females. Red present
to a greater or less extent on the rostrum, thorax, elytra (wing cases), ..."
6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"THE PRODUCTION OF MALES AND females CONTROLLED BY FOOD CONDITIONS IN THE ENGLISH
... causes practically all females to be produced.1 This production of only ..."
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