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One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.

A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.

A female coadjutor or assistant. Holland. Smollett.

A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

The male of birds, particulary of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.

One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.

A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.

An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

g of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal.

lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. -- Complemental males (Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.

ree. It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.

The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition. Pennant.

A female contestant. [R.]

The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

A female cook. [R.]

A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.