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progeny

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  progeny 
  n  :  the  immediate  descendants  of  a  person;  "she  was  the  mother 
  of  many  offspring";  "he  died  without  issue"  [syn:  {offspring}, 
  {issue}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PROGENY 
 
  1961.  Report  generator  for  UNIVAX  SS90.




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