AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -noun, plural off·spring, off·springs. children or young of a particular parent or progenitor. a child or animal in relation to its parent or parents.

Detailed explanation-2: -offspring in American English 1. children or young of a particular parent or progenitor. 2. a child or animal in relation to its parent or parents.

Detailed explanation-3: -offspring (n.) Old English ofspring “children or young collectively, descendants, ” literally “those who spring off (someone), ” from of “away, away from” (see off (prep.)) + springan “to spring” (see spring (v.)).

Detailed explanation-4: -Human offspring (descendants) are referred to as children (without reference to age, thus one can refer to a parent’s “minor children” or “adult children” or “infant children” or “teenage children” depending on their age); male children are sons and female children are daughters (see kinship).