Clan and Offspring

Clan

Clan noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

Usage example: the whole clan gets together only for holidays

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Offspring and clan are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offspring" instead a noun "Clan".

Nearby Words: clansman, clanship

Offspring noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.

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Clan and offspring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clan" instead a noun "Offspring".

human	human clan	human offspring
female	female clan	female offspring
single	single clan	single offspring
small	small clan	small offspring
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, large, evil, new, royal, inbred, vampiric.

Big Screwed-Up Family: Kozlík's clan is a massive community of hisbown offspring (it's even joked in the novel that he has more sons than sheeps) addicted to occasional pillage and guerrilla.

Source: Film / Marketa Lazarová
The clan eventually gives up trying to break up the threeway marriage, and the children are considered the offspring of all three parents.

Source: Polyamory
In Gargoyles, gargoyle children are raised communally by the adults of their "clan." Although blood ties exist, gargoyles do not distinguish (and usually don't even know the difference) between their own biological offspring and other children of the clan.

Source: No Blood Ties

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