female offspring
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- noun
- /ˈfiːmeɪl ˈɔfˌsprɪŋ/
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descendencia femenina
- A recent study on low-dose developmental exposure to PFOA in mice reported increased weight and elevated biomarkers of adiposity in postpubertal female offspring.
- mother and her female offspring
- male and female offspring
And if your CRP is higher, you also have more female offspring.
- And if your CRP is higher, you also have more female offspring.
Examples
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The mother was proud of her three female offspring who all excelled in school.
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And you can think of it as the number of female offspring produced per female in a particular age category.
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So the sum LXMX over all ages X is the expected number of female offspring per female per lifetime.
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Maternal food restriction in the second half of pregnancy affects vascular function but not the blood pressure of rat female offspring.
Academic text (2002) -
In a cohort of environmentally exposed pregnant women, a positive association between in utero exposure to PFOA and the prevalence of overweight and high waist circumference was observed in female offspring at 20 years of age.
Academic text (2012) -
In some cultures, having many female offspring is seen as a sign of wealth.
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The zoo welcomed two new female offspring from their successful breeding program.
Synonyms
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A female child of someone
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a child that is female' is directly and compositionally derived from 'female' (female sex) modifying 'offspring' (descendant/child). This adjectival + noun combination follows a standard and cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily understand it.
Etymology
Female offspring is a simple, literal phrase: female means a girl or woman and offspring means a child born to a parent. Think of a parent holding a newborn girl — she is the parent's female offspring, so the phrase means 'a daughter'.