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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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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 offspring

offspring
/ (ˈɒfˌsprɪŋ) /

noun
the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc; progeny
a product, outcome, or result
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