Female (♀) is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces mobile ova (egg cells). Defining Characteristics The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male. A female individual can't reproduce sexually without access to the gametes of a male (an exception is parthenogenesis). Some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. There is no single… (More on Female)