- plural of female.
females
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It influences the sex balance of a clutch of eggs: cooler than average temperatures result primarily in males, warmer than average in females, and normal temperatures in a clutch roughly split between the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"It'd be good to see some females on those shows," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
I’m trying to think of what Black females I’ve seen do Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
He loved the rudimentary males he found embedded in the females of one particular species—precisely the kind of weird transitional form his theory of evolution would depend upon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Ten males had amounts ranging from 30 to 109 parts per million in the testes, and two females had 151 and 211 parts per million respectively in the egg follicles in their ovaries.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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