progeny

progeny
/proj"euh nee/, n., pl. progeny or, for plants or animals, progenies.
1. a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
2. such descendants or offspring collectively.
3. something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue.
[1250-1300; ME progenie < MF < L progenies offspring, equiv. to pro- PRO-1 + gen-, base of gignere to beget (akin to KIN) + -ies fem. n. suffix]

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  • Progeny — can refer to: *A genetic descendant or offspring *An academic progeny (see student);Other uses *Progeny Linux Systems * Progeny (Stargate Atlantis) an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis * Progeny a song on the Celtic Frost album… …   Wikipedia

  • Progeny — Prog e*ny, n. [OE. progenie, F. prog[ e]nie, fr. L. progenies, fr. progignere. See {Progenitor}.] Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. Issued from the progeny of kings. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • progeny — progeny. См. потомство. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • progeny — I noun bloodline, brood, children, descendants, family, fruit, heirs, issue, line, lineage, offspring, posterity, progenies, scions, seed, sons, stock, succeeding generations, tribe, young II index child, children, descendant …   Law dictionary

  • progeny — c.1300, from O.Fr. progenie (13c.), from L. progenies descendants, offspring, from progignere beget, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + gignere to produce, beget (see GENUS (Cf. genus)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • progeny — *offspring, young, issue, descendant, posterity Antonyms: progenitor …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • progeny — [n] offspring begats, breed, children, descendants, family, get*, issue, kids*, lineage, posterity, progeniture, race, scions, seed, stock, young; concepts 296,414 Ant. parent …   New thesaurus

  • progeny — ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) ▪ offspring. ORIGIN Old French progenie, from Latin progignere beget …   English terms dictionary

  • progeny — [präj′ə nē] n. pl. progenies [ME progenie < MFr < L progenies, descent, lineage, race, family < progignere: see PROGENITOR] children, descendants, or offspring collectively; issue …   English World dictionary

  • Progeny — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Progeny est le mot anglais signifiant progéniture : Progeny Debian, une distribution commerciale de Ian Murdock du projet Debian, et du Linux Core… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • progeny — [[t]prɒ̱ʤəni[/t]] 1) N PLURAL: usu with poss You can refer to a person s children or to an animal s young as their progeny. [FORMAL] Davis was never loquacious on the subject of his progeny. Syn: offspring 2) N PLURAL: usu with poss The progeny… …   English dictionary

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