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- DictionaryProg·e·ny/ˈpräjənē/
noun
- 1. a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring: "the progeny of celebrities"
something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue. See -gen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024. prog•e•ny (proj′ ə nē), n., pl. -ny or, for plants or animals, -nies. Developmental Biology, Genetics a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
Definition of progeny. as in offspring. the descendants of a person, animal, or plant the rancher carefully examined the progeny of the new breed of cattle. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. offspring. fruit. seed. family. child. posterity. spawn. issue. brood. get. young. hatch. lineage. litter. kin. scion. stock. Antonyms & Near Antonyms.
Definition: Offspring or descendants. Table of Contents. Progeny Definition. Progeny means an unmodified descendant from the material, such as a cell from a cell or an organism from an organism. Progeny group means offspring or children of animals or plants, a group of successors or followers.
1. a. : the product of the reproductive processes of a person, animal, or plant : young, progeny. The disease can be transmitted from parent to offspring. b. : the immediate descendant of a person or animal : an individual born of a parent. gave birth to a single offspring. "…
noun. the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc; progeny. a product, outcome, or result. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of offspring 1. First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English ofspring; off, of 1, spring (in the sense “to descend from”) Discover More. Example Sentences.
noun. the immediate descendants of a person or organism. “she was the mother of many offspring ” synonyms: issue, progeny. see more. noun. something that comes into existence as a result. “industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring ” synonyms: materialisation, materialization. see more.
Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the noun progenity mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun progenity. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun progenity? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English.
