Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Offspring \Off"spring`\, n.sing. & pl. [Off + spring.]
   1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]

   2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant
      or descendants, however remote from the stock.

            To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives
            are known.                            --Dryden.

   3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

Source : WordNet®

offspring
     n 1: the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother
          of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: {progeny},
           {issue}]
     2: something that comes into existence as a result;
        "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the
        French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this
        skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
        [syn: {materialization}, {materialisation}]
     3: any immature animal [syn: {young}]