Definition of offspring

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Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.

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Young :: Young (n.) The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively..
Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.
Reproduce :: Reproduce (v. t.) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation..
Seed :: Seed (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David..
Posterity :: Posterity (n.) The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham..
Mestee :: Mestee (n.) The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies.
Heterogenesis :: Heterogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis..
Brat :: Brat (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..
Mulatto :: Mulatto (n.) The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion..
Sambo :: Sambo (n.) A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo..
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Hagseed :: Hagseed (n.) The offspring of a hag.
Half-breed :: Half-breed (n.) A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race..
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring..
Jumart :: Jumart (n.) The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare.
Metisse :: Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
Overbear :: Overbear (v. i.) To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Barren :: Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Griffe :: Griffe (n.) The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto..
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