female

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The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Additional restrictions, including mandatory all-covering burqas "further undermine access to essential medical services and hinder the ability of female healthcare workers to provide care," MSF's statement read.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The female screwworm fly lays its larvae in a wound or an opening of an animal.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

"Every day was full of the men and the money - so we thought it would be wonderful to have the female perspective on it," Lenkiewicz said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

During the war, he had ferried hundreds of men, and the occasional female spy, across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson