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# progeny

«progeny» in Mova's school dictionary: **The children or young of a parent; the offspring of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (progeny; the same for singular and plural)

### meaning for a pupil

The children or young of a parent; the offspring of a person or animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progeny/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the young of a pair, such as the snails who had a large family

### examples

- The old fox and her progeny ran through the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progeny/#x1)
- The snail pair had a numerous progeny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progeny/#x2)
- Our hen's progeny were five chicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progeny/#x3)
- The king hoped his progeny would rule after him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progeny/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «progeny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/progeny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.