Noun
natural gender (countable and uncountable, plural natural genders)
(grammar) The gender that a noun, etc. would be expected to have, based on attributes of the referent, such as physical sex.
As regards the pronouns used to refer to animals, these generally agree in gender with the nouns denoting those animals, rather than the animals' sex (natural gender). Source: Internet
Grammatical vs. natural gender The natural gender of a noun, pronoun or noun phrase is a gender to which it would be expected to belong based on relevant attributes of its referent. Source: Internet
In such cases, the pronoun is likely to agree with the natural gender of the referent. Source: Internet
However, a switch to the natural gender is never possible with articles and attributive pronouns or adjectives. Source: Internet
Constructed languages Many constructed languages have natural gender systems similar to that of English. Source: Internet
It indicates only the natural gender, as in matre "mother" and patre "father". Source: Internet