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offspring

/ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/ noun C1
  1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child. · We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
  2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
  3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  4. Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts. (figuratively) · Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
  5. A process launched by another process.

Plural offspring

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Besides, were not those riches chimerical?—offspring of the brain of the poor Abbé Faria, had they not died with him?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 238 · C1

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