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Offspring

//ˈɔfspɹɪŋ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person's daughter or son; a person's child.

    "We are the offspring of Italian immigrants."

  2. 2
    any immature animal wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
  4. 4
    something that comes into existence as a result wordnet
  5. 5
    An animal or plant's progeny or young.

    "In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual."

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  1. 6
    the immediate descendants of a person wordnet
  2. 7
    Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts. figuratively

    "Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring."

  3. 8
    A process launched by another process.

Etymology

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

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