NOUN: "the adult female of various mammals" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "the adult female of various mammals" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
2. mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck’

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

VARIOUS (adjective)
1. distinctly dissimilar or unlike
2. considered individually
FEMALE (adjective)
1. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
2. being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
FEMALE (noun)
1. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
2. an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

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