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A female prophet.

A female proprietor.

A female prosecutor.

Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life. -- Pro*tan"trism, n.

Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. Sir T. Browne.

An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvæ of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Pædogenesis.

ally considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.

The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva.

A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. Pullet sperm, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] Shak.

To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.

The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.

The female of the hen harrier.

A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. In faith, and by the heaven's quene. Chaucer.

A female rascal. [Humorous]

). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.

The female of the ruff.

A female regent. [R.] Cotgrave.

A female relator.

g; echoing back. Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. De Quincey.