progeny
noun
[ ˈprɒdʒəni ]
• a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.
• "shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny"
Similar:
offspring,
children,
young,
family,
brood,
issue,
progeniture,
quiverful,
descendants,
successors,
heirs,
stock,
scions,
lineage,
seed,
posterity,
spawn,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French progenie, from Latin progenies, from progignere ‘beget’ (see progenitor).
