offspring Definition
off·spring (-spriŋ′)
offspring Synonyms
offspring
n.
offspring Usage Examples
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
- 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
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