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progeny
Synonyms and Antonyms of progeny
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant the rancher carefully examined the progeny of the new breed of cattle Synonyms fruit, get, issue, posterity, offspring, seed, spawnRelated Words brood, hatch, litter, young; child, scion; family, kin; lineage, stockNear Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor
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