PROGENY

offspring, progeny, issue

(noun) the immediate descendants of a person; “she was the mother of many offspring”; “he died without issue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

progeny (countable and uncountable, plural progenies)

(uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

(uncountable, obsolete) Descent, lineage, ancestry.

(countable) A result of a creative effort.

Synonyms

• (offspring): binary clone, descendant(s), fruit of one's loins, get, issue, lineage, offspring

Anagrams

• pyrogen

Source: Wiktionary


Prog"e*ny, n. Etym: [OE. progenie, F. progénie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See Progenitor.]

Definition: Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued from the progeny of kings." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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