Female’s oeuvre oddly ignored (3)
I believe the answer is:
eve
'female's' is the definition.
(Eve is an example)
'oeuvre oddly ignored' is the wordplay.
'oddly ignored' means one should take alternating letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
The alternate letters of 'oeuvre' are 'EVE'.
(Other definitions for eve that I've seen before include "Day before; girl's name" , "Night before an event" , "Adam's wife" , "Adam's partner" , "Woman of Eden" .)