females
FEE-maylz/ˈfiː.meɪlz/
- 1Plural of female.
Researchers tracked how the females in the herd cared for their young.
Among lions, the females do most of the hunting for the pride.
Note
A regular -s plural that carries every noun use of female with it: women, animals of the egg-producing sex, pistillate plants, bacteria lacking the F factor, even connectors and pipe fittings. Only the noun takes the ending. The adjective never does, so you write female lions or female connectors, and use females alone only when the word stands as the noun itself.
females is a form of female
female, noun: A person, animal, or plant of the female sex: one that produces eggs or bears fruit. Full entry
- Forms
- femalefemales plural
- Spelling
- female → females: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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