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PROGENY

PROGENY 

<pra-jen-nee>

A child or offspring.


Your progeny is beautiful.  She looks just like her mother!


n. [OE. progenie, F. progenie, 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.

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