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[[Image:Frog in frogspawn.jpg|right|thumb|A [[frog]] in frogspawn.]]
In [[biology]], '''offspring''' are the product of [[reproduction]], a new [[organism]] produced by one or more [[parent]]s.
Collective offspring may be known as a '''brood''' or '''progeny''' in a more general way. This can refer to a set of simultaneous offspring, such as the [[chick]]s hatched from one clutch of eggs, or to all the offspring, as with the [[brood (honeybee)|honeybee]].
Human offspring ([[kinship and descent|descendant]]s) are referred to as [[children]] (without reference to age, thus one can refer to a parent's "[[minor (law)|minor]] children" or "[[adult]] children"); male children are [[son]]s and female children are [[daughter]]s. See [[kinship and descent]].
The [[Fetus#Etymology_and_spelling_variations|word "fetus" is derived]] from the Latin word for "offspring." In humans, the [[fetus|fetal]] stage begins eight weeks after conception, when all of the major organs have been formed.
==See also==
*[[Bateman's principle]]
*[[Clutch size]]
*[[Donor offspring]]
*[[Infanticide (zoology)]]
*[[litter (animal)|Litter]]
*[[Parent-offspring conflict]]
*[[Parental investment]]
[[Category:Genealogy]]
[[Category:Reproduction]]
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