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offspring

/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/

noun

the child of a person or the young of a plant or animal

  • “Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.”Tatoeba
  • “The kid is the offspring of the goat.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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