Noun: offspring 'óf,spring
- The immediate descendants of a person
"she was the mother of many offspring";
- progeny, issue [formal]
- Any immature animal
"The mother bird carefully fed her offspring";
- young
- Something that comes into existence as a result
"industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring";
- materialization, materialisation [Brit]
Derived forms: offsprings
Type of: animal, animate being, consequence, effect, event, flesh and blood, issue, outcome, relation, relative, result, upshot
Encyclopedia: Offspring, The