Eve

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Other forms: Eves

Definitions of Eve
  1. noun
    (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
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    example of:
    adult female, woman
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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