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FEMALE CHILD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A youthful female person

Example:

the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle

Synonyms:

female child; girl; little girl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("female child" is a kind of...):

female; female person (a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "female child"):

Campfire Girl (a girl who is a member of Campfire Girls; for girls age 7-18)

farm girl (a girl who has grown up on a farm)

flower girl (a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession)

moppet (a little girl (usually one you are fond of))

schoolgirl (a girl attending school)

Scout (a Boy Scout or Girl Scout)

Antonym:

male child (a youthful male person)

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