Offspring Definition
ôfsprĭng, ŏf-
offsprings
noun
offsprings
The organism or organisms resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction.
American Heritage Medicine
A child or animal as related to its parent.
Webster's New World
A descendant or descendants collectively; progeny.
Webster's New World
A product, outcome, or result.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Offspring
Noun
Singular:
offspring
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offspringsOrigin of Offspring
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From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity"), equivalent to off- +"Ž spring. Compare Icelandic afspringr (“offspring"). More at off, spring.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English ofspring from Old English of off off springan to rise
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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