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Noun: descendants  di'sen-dunts
  1. All of the offspring of a given progenitor
    "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our descendants";
    - posterity
Noun: descendant  di'sen-dunt
  1. A person considered as descended from some ancestor

Type of: biological group, flesh and blood, relation, relative

Antonym: root

Encyclopedia: Descendants

Descendant