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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]:
progeny
noun: 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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
PROGENY 1961. Report generator for UNIVAX SS90.
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