Definition of offspring

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Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock..

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Firstling :: Firstling (n.) The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock..
Homogenesis :: Homogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis..
Fruit :: Fruit (v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body..
Bowel :: Bowel (n.) Offspring.
Parent :: Parent (n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother..
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage..
Philoprogenitive :: Philoprogenitive (a.) Having the love of offspring; fond of children.
Triplet :: Triplet (n.) Three children or offspring born at one birth.
Produce :: Produce (v. i.) To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results..
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring..
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..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..
Philoprogenitiveness :: Philoprogenitiveness (n.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.
Prolicide :: Prolicide (n.) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Calve :: Calve (v. i.) To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
Superfete :: Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation..
Barren :: Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Syne :: Syndyasmian (a.) Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
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