From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Progeny \Prog"e*ny\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: {offspring}, {issue}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "progeny": breed, brood, children, descendants, descent, family, fruit, fry, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, heirs, hostages to fortune, inheritors, issue, kids, lineage, little ones, new generation, offspring, posterity, progeniture, rising generation, scions, seed, sons, spawn, sprouts, succession, successors, treasures, young, younglings, youngsters
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