offspring
EN • English
//ˈɒfspɹɪŋ//(UK)
Definitions & Usage
noun
#1A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
Example: “We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.”
noun
#2Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
noun
#3An animal or plant's progeny or young.
noun
#4(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
Example: “Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.”
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.”
— 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
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