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progeny

/ˈpɹɒdʒəni/
noun
  1. Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

    "I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny."

  2. Descent, lineage, ancestry.

  3. A result of a creative effort.

    "His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date."

Synonymsbinary clone, descendant(s), fruit of one's loins, get, issue, lineage

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