noun
progeny
PRAH-juh-nee/ˈprɑːdʒəni/
Offspring descended from a parent or source.
The hen keeps her progeny close beneath her wing.
Etymology
The pieces express begetting or producing forth. Progeny names those produced—the offspring—and can extend beyond immediate children to descendants belonging to a continuing lineage.
In context
Expected progeny differences estimate how the offspring of one breeding animal are likely to perform relative to the offspring of another
More examples
- His progeny include three children and seven grandchildren.
- The plant's progeny share its resistance to disease.
- These new theories are the intellectual progeny of her research.
Forms
progeny · progenies
Similar words
- offspring
- More ordinary for immediate children or young of animals.
- descendants
- Emphasizes later generations rather than products of a source.