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Definition of offspring noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

offspring

noun
 
 
/ˈɒfsprɪŋ/
 
/ˈɔːfsprɪŋ/
(plural offspring)
(formal or humorous)
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  1.  
    a child of a particular person or couple
    • the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
    • to produce/raise offspring
  2.  
    the young of an animal or plant
    • Female badgers may give birth to as many as five offspring.
    • The beast was believed to be the offspring of a panther.
    3. Word OriginOld English ofspring (see off, spring).
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