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offspring Definition

off·spring (-spriŋ′)

noun pl. -·spring′ or -·springs′

  1. a child or animal as related to its parent
  2. a descendant or descendants collectively; progeny
  3. a product, outcome, or result

Etymology: ME ofspring < OE: see off & spring

offspring Synonyms

offspring

n.

child, children, progeny, issue, descendant, sibling, lineage, 'scion, generation, posterity, brood, seed, family, heirs, offshoot, heredity, succession, successor, next generation, chip off the old block*; see also baby 1, child.

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

  • 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.

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