progeny

(prŏj'ə-nē)
n., pl., progeny, or -nies.

1. 1. One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant.
   2. Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
2. A result of creative effort; a product.

[Middle English progeni, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignere, to beget. See progenitor.]

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noun

1. One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: child, descendant, offspring, scion. See kin.
2. A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: brood, get, issue, offspring, posterity, seed. See kin.

n

Definition: offspring
Antonyms: parent

Offspring; descendants.

• expected p. difference (EPD) — the difference in performance to be expected from future progeny of a sire, compared with that expected from future progeny of the average sire in the same population. EPDs are generally expressed either as a plus or minus difference from the population average, reported in the units of measure of the trait.
• p. testing — a test originally based on red cell antigens but increasingly on restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), called also DNA fingerprinting. The offspring can have only those blood group antigens possessed by one or both of its parents. Identification of the offspring's antigens makes it possible to exclude some possible sires because they carry antigens not possessed by the subject animal. Similarly, the inheritance of a particular RFLP is directly linked to that found in each parent. Called also parentage determination, parentage exclusion testing.

For a list of words related to progeny, see:

• Kinship and Ancestry - progeny: descendants; children
• Names and Relationships - progeny: children; descendants

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - efterkommere, afkom

Nederlands (Dutch)
nageslacht (van planten of dieren)

Français (French)
n. - progéniture, descendance, (fig) successeurs

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachkommenschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόγονος/-οι, γόνος/-οι, επακόλουθο, αποτέλεσμα, προϊόν

Italiano (Italian)
progenie

Português (Portuguese)
n. - progênie (f), fruto (m) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
потомство

Español (Spanish)
n. - progenie, prole

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avkomma, efterkommande, alster

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
后裔

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 後裔

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자손, 후계자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 子孫, 子供, 結果

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نسل, ذريه, مواليد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרי-בטן, צאצאים‬

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