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progeny (s) (noun), progenies (pl)
1. Someone who is born of, begotten by, or derived from another person or parents: Many Americans are the progenies of immigrants.
2. Etymology: from Latin progignere, "to beget" from progenies, "descent, offspring" from pro-, "before, ahead, earlier than" + gignere, "to bring forth."
The offspring or children usually of a father and a mother.
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This entry is located in the following units: genus, genesis-, -gen, -gene, -genesis, -genetic, -genic, -geny, -genous (page 9) pro-, por-, pur- (page 10)