offspring

/ˈɑfsprɪŋ/

/ˈɒfsprɪŋ/

Other forms: offsprings

Puppies are the offspring, or children, of a mamma dog. You're the offspring of your biological parents.

This is basically another word for children. Baby horses, gorillas, lizards, and humans are all offspring. A woman who gives birth to quadruplets suddenly has a lot of offspring. But this word isn't limited to biological creations — you could say that a project you've been laboring over is your offspring. Albert Einstein's offspring included many groundbreaking theories, and the scientists who followed up on Einstein's ideas are considered his intellectual offspring.

Definitions of offspring

1. noun

   the immediate descendants of a person or organism
   “she was the mother of many offspring”

   synonyms: issue, progeny

   types:

   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

   army brat

   the child of a career officer of the United States Army

   babe, baby, infant

   a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

   female offspring

   a child who is female

   granddaughter

   a female grandchild

   grandson

   a male grandchild

   great grandchild

   a child of your grandson or granddaughter

   male offspring, man-child

   a child who is male

   stepchild

   a child of your spouse by a former marriage

   type of:

   relation, relative

   a person related by blood or marriage
2. 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

   type of:

   consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot

   a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
3. noun

   any immature animal
   synonyms: young

   types:

   hatchling

   a young bird or animal that has just emerged from an egg

   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

   baby

   a very young mammal

   pup, whelp

   young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

   wolf cub, wolf pup

   a young wolf

   cub, young carnivore

   the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion

   kit

   young of any of various fur-bearing animals

   suckling

   a young mammal that has not been weaned

   fledgeling, fledgling

   young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

   baby bird, nestling

   a young bird not yet fledged

   eaglet

   a young eagle

   biddy, chick

   young bird especially of domestic fowl

   cygnet

   a young swan

   calf

   young of domestic cattle

   calf

   young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

   kitten, kitty

   young domestic cat

   foal

   a young horse

   piggy, piglet, shoat, shote

   a young pig

   heifer

   young cow

   bullock

   young bull

   lamb

   young sheep

   fawn

   a young deer

   parr

   the young of various fishes

   whitebait

   the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts

   brit, britt

   the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

   parr

   a young salmon up to 2 years old

   type of:

   animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

   a living organism characterized by voluntary movement