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offspring

[ awf-spring, of- ]
/ ˈɔfˌsprɪŋ, ˈɒf- /
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noun, plural off·spring, off·springs.

children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
a child or animal in relation to its parent or parents.
a descendant.
descendants collectively.
the product, result, or effect of something: the offspring of an inventive mind.

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RELATED WORDS

brood, generation, progeny, heir, cub, baby, descendant, kid, pup, spawn, lineage, scion, family, bambino, young, produce, posterity, heredity, seed, succession

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offshore drilling, offshoreman, offshoring, offside, offsider, offspring, offstage, offtake, offtrack, ofgas, ofgem

Origin of offspring

before 950; Middle English; Old English ofspring; see off, of1, spring (in the sense “to descend from”)
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British Dictionary definitions for offsprings

offspring

/ (ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ) /

noun

the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc; progeny
a product, outcome, or result
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for offsprings

offspring

n.

Old English ofspring "children or young collectively, descendants," literally "those who spring off (someone,)" from off + springan "to spring" (see spring (v.)). The figurative sense is first recorded c.1600.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for offsprings

offspring

[ ôf′sprĭng′ ]

n.

The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group.
A child of particular parentage.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.