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Noun: progeny  pró-ji-nee
  1. The immediate descendants of a person
    "she was the mother of many progeny";
    - offspring, issue [formal]
     
  2. People or organisms directly descended from a particular ancestor
    "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our progeny";
    - descendants, posterity [archaic]

Derived forms: progenies

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

Encyclopedia: Progeny