offspring
Noun
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The immediate descendants of a person (synset 110393697)
"she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"subtypes:
- baby - the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- child, kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
- eldest, firstborn - the offspring who came first in the order of birth
- grandchild - a child of your son or daughter
- heir, successor - a person who inherits some title or office
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Something that comes into existence as a result (synset 107309665)
"industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"is a type of: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenonsame as: materialisation, materialization
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Any immature animal (synset 101324070)
is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementsubtypes:
- hatchling - any recently hatched animal (especially birds)
- orphan - a young animal without a mother
- young mammal - any immature mammal
- young bird - a bird that is still young
- spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
- young fish - a fish that is young
same as: young
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