progeny
a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
such descendants or offspring collectively.
something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue.
Origin of progeny
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How to use progeny in a sentence
A fico for Imperial "Pots," and their young princely progenies.
The "Tyrrhena regum progenies" have here left but small traces behind them.
Studies of Travel: Italy | Edward A. FreemanIn general, they evince but little care in the construction of their progenies' birth-place.
Reptiles and Birds | Louis FiguierOf course he said he was regum progenies, a descendant of Ashantee kings.
The Virginians | William Makepeace Thackeray
British Dictionary definitions for progeny
/ (ˈprɒdʒɪnɪ) /
the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc
a result or outcome
Origin of progeny
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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