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offspring

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"Children or young"

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted ffginoprsStarts with OEnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any immature animal

Word origin

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

Used in a sentence

  • “We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.”
  • “In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.”
  • “Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.”

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