Translingual

Symbol

♀

1. Female.
   • 1961 August 17, New Scientist, volume 11, number 248, Reed Business Information, ISSN 0262-4079, page 413:

     In his Mantissa Plantarum (1767) and Mantissa Plantarum altera (1771), [Linnaeus] regularly used ♂, ♀ and ☿ for male, female and hermaphrodite flowers respectively.

   • 1990, Charles S. Churcher, “Cranial Appendages of Giraffoidea”, George A. Bubenik, Anthony B. Bubenik, Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers: Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 9781461389682, chapter 1.5, page 183:

     Figure 2. Ossicones, secondary ossification, and sinuses of Giraffa: A Lateral aspect of skull showing courses of veins, areas of dense ossification (heavily stippled) and lesser secondary ossification (lightly stippled), and outlines of skull roofs of male (♂) and female (♀) adults. (After Spinage 1968b.)

   • 2015 July 6, Andy Burns, “Re: C4 last leg”, in uk.tech.broadcast, Usenet:

     I was quite surprised that a few of my friends found the male ♂ (mars) and female ♀ (venus) symbols on toilets in pubs/bars confusing ...

   1. (botany, of a flower) Pistillate, carpellate.
2. (astronomy) Venus.
3. (alchemy) Copper dominated by Venus.

Related terms

• ⚲ ♂ ⚥ ⚧ ☿ ♀ ♁ ☾ ♃ ♄ ♅ ♆ ♇

Antonyms

• (female): ♂

See also

• Gender symbol