Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
all of the offspring of a given progenitor;
- Example: "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"[syn: descendants, posterity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
descendants \descendants\ n.
all of the offspring of a given progenitor.
Syn: posterity.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
descendants
n 1: all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure
the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
[syn: descendants, posterity]