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offspring
English
Etymology
From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- +? spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??fsp???/
- (US) enPR: äf?spr?ng, IPA(key): /??fsp???/, /??fsp???/
Noun
offspring (plural offspring or offsprings)
- A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
- All of a person's descendants, including further generations.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
Usage notes
- The plural offsprings is mainly used for the computing sense.
Synonyms
- (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): baby/babies, child/children, fruit of one's loins, issue (plural only), get, kid/kids
- (all descendants): binary clone, descendants, fruit of one's loins, get, lineage, progeny, seed
Antonyms
- (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female)
- (descendants): ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers
Derived terms
- donor offspring
- grandoffspring
- parent-offspring conflict
Translations
offspring From the web:
- what offspring means
- offsprings or offspring
- why are they called offspring
marabou
English
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- marabu
Etymology
From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæ??bu?/
Noun
marabou (plural marabous)
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
- A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
- A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
Synonyms
- (bird): adjutant stork, marabou stork
Coordinate terms
- (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto
Translations
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