offspring
Americannoun
plural
offspring, offsprings-
children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
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a child or animal in relation to the parent or parents.
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a descendant.
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descendants collectively.
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the product, result, or effect of something.
the offspring of an inventive mind.
noun
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the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc; progeny
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a product, outcome, or result
Etymology
Origin of offspring
First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English ofspring; off, of 1, spring (in the sense “to descend from”)
Example Sentences
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The feeling was that she would be too old if they waited another year to produce her first offspring.
From BBC
In the study, pregnant and nursing mice given a naturally occurring compound made by healthy gut bacteria had offspring with much lower rates of fatty liver disease as they grew older.
From Science Daily
Both prenatal alcohol exposure and prenatal stress altered the dopamine system in the adult offspring.
From Science Daily
"She probably thought she was leaving something to her offspring, only to find that it's become a millstone," says Taylor.
From BBC
Only a few land on the side of the parent keeping what they loved about their essential selves intact, cautioning against placing the burden of what could have been on the shoulders of their offspring.
From Salon
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