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progeny
/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/
noun 3
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noun
1
Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.
2
Descent, lineage, ancestry.
Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?
3
A result of a creative effort.
His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
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I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
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I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life o
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One worm on a single plate can give rise to thousands of progeny after just a week or so.
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We're laying the groundwork of a better future for ourselves and our progeny.
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