Sentence:  Also fine are Sue Lawless , as a mother more protective and belligerent than a <WSD>female</WSD> spider and just as destructive , Harold Cherry , as her scratchy spouse , and Hildy Weissman , as a vegetable in human form . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop