offspring
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Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The first generation included 26 mice, followed by 34 offspring in the second generation and 19 animals in the third generation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
The helpers in a group are often offspring from earlier years who stayed with their parents after growing up.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Ms. Phillips’s father was a World War II veteran and a failed businessman, the offspring of a once-proud Confederate family; he bore his humiliations with laconic stoicism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In Lamarck’s view, hereditary traits were passed from parents to offspring in the same manner that a message, or story, might be passed—i.e., by instruction.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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It's All in the Family
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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