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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Offspring \Off"spring`\, n. sing. & pl. [Off + spring.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant
        or descendants, however remote from the stock.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To the gods alone
              Our future offspring and our wives are known.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Offspring \Off"spring`\, n.sing. & pl. [Off + spring.]
     1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]
  
     2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant
        or descendants, however remote from the stock.
  
              To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives
              are known.                            --Dryden.
  
     3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  offspring
       n 1: the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother
            of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: progeny,
             issue]
       2: something that comes into existence as a result;
          "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the
          French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this
          skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
          [syn: materialization, materialisation]
       3: any immature animal [syn: young]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     Αγγλικά n.
     (μτφρ) ο απόγονος, το τέκνο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     n.
     1 A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
     2 Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
     3 An animal or plant's progeny or young.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     n.
     1 A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
     2 Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
     3 An animal or plant's progeny or young.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     n.
     1 A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
     2 Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
     3 An animal or plant's progeny or young.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     n.
     1 A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
     2 Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
     3 An animal or plant's progeny or young.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     Englanti n.
     1 jälkikasvu
     2 vesa, jälkeläinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  offspring
     Engelska n.
     avkomma

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  offspring /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/
  1. kind
  2. nakomelingskap
  3. afstammeling

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Offspring /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/
  النسل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  offspring //ˈɑfspɹɪŋ// //ˈɒfspɹɪŋ// //ˈɔfspɹɪŋ// 
  1. пото́мство
  plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)
  2. пото́мък 2.
  singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)
   3.
  singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny
  3. проду́кт
  something produced