According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
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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