Preposition: of

• dam: MAFF advice is that you do not retain for breeding the most recent offspring of a BSE-affected dam.

• cow: You may wish to obtain further advice on breeding from the offspring of cows affected with BSE from your veterinary surgeon.

• cattle: They emphasized, repeatedly, the importance of the study of offspring of affected cattle in order to check for maternal transmission.

• marriage: Sir John Cavendish, the only offspring of the second marriage, died without issue.

• mother: The child was the offspring of a single mother with a thick yokel accent.

• parent: Himself the offspring of musical parents, Barry Gray was born in Lancashire, receiving a sound musical education.

Converse of object

• beget: In the design of God, each creature begets offspring " after his kind " ( Gen.

• produce: Some of us might produce offspring, some do not.

• bear: The term ' tocopherol ' comes from the Greek words meaning ' to bear offspring ' .

• survive: Like Charles II he did not manage to have any surviving legitimate offspring who could succeed him.

Adjective modifier

• illegitimate: I have often heard stories of the illegitimate offspring of top Nazis.

• bastard: Now imagine the bastard offspring of the two shows.

• fertile: The most simple definition is a group of organisms that can breed together to produce fertile offspring.

• mutant: Spider comes across as the mutant offspring of Hunter S Thomson and John Pilger.

• hybrid: Hybrids could have hybrid offspring ( e.g. mongrels resulting from a cross between two different cross-breeds ).

• affected: Indeed, to maintain the epidemic, each affected animal would have to have one affected offspring.

Modifies a noun

• ratio: Cooperative breeders adjust offspring sex ratios to produce helpful helpers.

Noun used with modifier

• thine: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring " ( xliv.

• donor: What does it mean to be a donor offspring?

• adult: Most parents expected their adult offspring to leave the parental home at some stage.