offspring

Offspring is defined as a human child or animal child, or the children of a family for many years.

(noun)

  1. An example of an offspring is the cub of two lions at the zoo.
  2. An example of offspring is how a father refers to all his descendants.

The definition of an offspring is a result.

(noun)

An example of an offspring is the new project created during the meeting.

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See offspring in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. offspring or offsprings

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

Origin: ME ofspring < OE: see off & spring

See offspring in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. offspring offspring
  1. The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group.
  2. A child of particular parentage.
  3. A result; a product.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ofspring

Origin: , from Old English

Origin: : of, off; see off

Origin: + springan, to rise

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