offspring

[ awf-spring, of- ]
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noun,plural off·spring, off·springs.
  1. children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.

  2. a child or animal in relation to the parent or parents.

  1. a descendant.

  2. descendants collectively.

  3. the product, result, or effect of something: the offspring of an inventive mind.

Origin of offspring

1
First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English ofspring; see off, of1, spring (in the sense “to descend from”)

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offspring

/ (ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc; progeny

  2. a product, outcome, or result

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