Adult females (5)
I believe the answer is:
women
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">adult females</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('woman' can be a synonym of 'adult female')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for women that I've seen before include "Adult human females" , "Ladies" , "half of our race" .)