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   offspring

   /ˈɒfsprɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a person's child or children: "the offspring of middle-class parents" Similar childrensons and daughtersprogenyfamilyyoungstersbabiesbrooddescendantsheirssuccessorsscionsyounglitterfryissueinformal:kidsquiverfulderogatory:spawnarchaic:seedfruitfruit of one's loinschildbabyinfantsondaughteryoungsterlittle onetottiny totdescendantheirsuccessorbairnweanpickneyinformal:kidkiddiekiddiewinknipperbratladshavermunchkintinychicksprogoutjielightyliterary:babe
   • ▪ an animal's young.
   • ▪ the product or result of something: "child hunger is the offspring of political indfference, unaccountable governance, and economic mismanagement"

   Word Origin Old Englishofspring (see off, spring).

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   What does offspring mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! OFFSPRING definition: 1. the young of an animal: 2. a person's children: 3. the young of an animal: . Learn more.

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   What does the ungodly offspring do?

   • The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock. By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters. Here the proud state that claimed him as her own offspring, met him with the injustice of a malignant step-dame.

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   What is the plural of offspring?

   • , plural off·spring, off·springs. children or young of a particular parent or progenitor. a child or animal in relation to the parent or parents. a descendant. descendants collectively. the offspring of an inventive mind.

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   What is the relationship between parents and offspring?

   • Right now the only hereditary relationship between parents and offspring is replication. We see this often in the transmission of gut symbionts from parent to offspring. Without genetics, offspring would be an average of their parents, and the eventual population, uniformly gray.

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   Learn the meaning of offspring as a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Offspring can refer to the young of a person, animal, or plant, or to a product, result, or offshoot of something.

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   Offspring are the children or young of a person or animal. They can also be a product, outcome, or result of something. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and usage of offspring.

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   offspring: 1 n the immediate descendants of a person “she was the mother of many offspring ” Synonyms: issue , progeny Examples: Esau (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of ...

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    Offspring are the children or descendants of a person, animal, or other organism. The web page provides various definitions, synonyms, translations, and usage examples of the word offspring from different sources.