| 单词 | progeny |
| 释义 | progeny (once / 2698 pages) n Progeny means "offspring" or "children." You and your brothers are the progeny of your parents, and your cat's new litter of kittens is her progeny. Synonyms for progeny include descendants, product, and offspring, so you're also your grandparents' and great-grandparents' progeny. And, if your pet goat has babies every spring, you'll get to raise dozens of her progeny. Plants have progeny too — blow the fluffy seeds of a dandelion in your yard and its progeny can multiply, summer after summer, until your lawn is full of cheerful yellow flowers. WORD FAMILYprogeny: progenies USAGE EXAMPLESBut gene-drive technology tilts the odds, so that a specific change to one allele is inherited by a higher proportion of progeny. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) Poverty in developing countries and the rampant illegal wildlife trade is the progeny of the lot. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Wherever they end up, the ones from the high-arm, hand-holding community then teach this endearing posture to their own progeny. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) n the immediate descendants of a person Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper issue, offspring Esau (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage baby the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young) bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoresonthe illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents child, kida human offspring (son or daughter) of any age eldest, firstbornthe offspring who came first in the order of birth grandchilda child of your son or daughter heir, successora person who inherits some title or office army bratthe child of a career officer of the United States Army babe, baby, infanta very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk female offspringa child who is female granddaughtera female grandchild grandsona male grandchild great grandchilda child of your grandson or granddaughter male offspring, man-childa child who is male stepchilda child of your spouse by a former marriage relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage |
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