Female and male who survived the Flood (4)
I believe the answer is:
shem
'survived the flood' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'female and male' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'she' ('she' refers to a woman).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'she'+'m'='SHEM'
'who' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shem that I've seen before include "Biblical character" , "Eldest of Noah's three sons" , "One of Noah's sons" , "Noah's son caught in mess" , "Third son of Noah" .)