females
Example Sentences
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It arose either directly from species with no parental care or from species in which females already guarded the eggs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Researchers collected 20 bracken stems bearing scars left by females as they deposited eggs inside the plant tissue.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
That’s a range that would accommodate the full spectrum of outcomes — transgender females win, cisfemales win, they tie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
An overwhelming majority of applicants were young, with eight out of 10 younger than 45 years old, while 57 percent of the total were males against 43 percent for females.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Four months before my visit a very exciting thing had happened in this community—one of the females gave birth to twins!
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
