offspring
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They can fertilize themselves, producing offspring that are genetically identical.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The zoo previously hosted a pair, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, who had seven offspring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Who wants to contemplate our technological offspring ending our existence?
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The offspring of one of the world's rarest trees has been given a new home in south-west Scotland as conservationists step up efforts to save the species from extinction.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Weismann had surgically excised the tails of five generations of mice, then bred the mice to determine if the offspring would be born tailless.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
It sticks out like a sore thumb among the Camden Yards offsprings that followed.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Internal fertilization leads to more genetic variations and increases the survival rates of offsprings.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Aristotle came to this thought when he observed that hares often gave birth to litters which comprised sets of healthy and imperfect offsprings.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2011
Toys R Us' "Fabulous 15" top picks includes Monster High dolls, offsprings to famous monster characters, and Hasbro's Cuponk, a game that challenges players to master ball-and-cup tricks using a wall.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2010
Horace had observed this tendency to produce offsprings resembling their parents, Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis: Est in juvencis, est in equis patrum Virtus: nec imbellem feroces Progenerant aquilæ columbam.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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