what is the mening of word gender

Gender refer to male or female..there are four types of gender..

Masculine gender, feminine gender, common and neuter gender.

Father, son , boy etc refer to masculine gender.mother , daughter, girl refer to feminine gender.

Parents, childetc refer to both boy and girl known as common gender.

Pen, rat, fly refer to smallinsects , living , non living is called neuter genderI