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off·spring (-spriŋ′)
noun pl. offspring -·spring′ or offsprings -·springs′
- a child or animal as related to its parent
- a descendant or descendants collectively; progeny
- a product, outcome, or result
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Preposition: of
- dam: MAFF advice is that you do not retain for breeding the most recent offspring of a BSE-affected dam.
Converse of object
- beget: In the design of God, each creature begets offspring " after his kind " ( Gen.
Adjective modifier
- illegitimate: I have often heard stories of the illegitimate offspring of top Nazis.
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.
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The love of posterity is a consequence of the necessity of death. If a man were sure of living forever here, he would not care about his offspring.
Hail holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born. Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. 583
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