surviving offspring

collocation in English

meaningsofsurvivingandoffspring

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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition ofsurvivingandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Again, these analyses were restricted to include only families with four or moresurvivingoffspring.
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This procedure is repeated until there are enoughsurvivingoffspringto replenish the original population.
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All statistics and data are collected only from thesurvivingoffspring.
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Siblicide is advantageous for thesurvivingoffspringbecause they have now eliminated most or all of their competition.
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Also, as wolf and dog mating seasons do not fully coincide, the likelihood of wild wolves and dogs mating and producingsurvivingoffspringis small.
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None of hissurvivingoffspringto date has accommodated him, all turning against him at some point.
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She was an indifferent mother to her threesurvivingoffspring, but she became a very high ranking female.
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Their itineraries demonstrate that they were together 9 months prior to the births of all foursurvivingoffspring.
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Natural selection produces status-seeking behavior because animals tend to have moresurvivingoffspring when they raise their status in their social group.
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In this detective story we are tracing the closestsurvivingoffspringof this remarkable beast.
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Song repertoire size alone is able to predict male lifetime number ofsurvivingoffspring.
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Also, female baboons benefit from increased rank because high-ranking females produce moresurvivingoffspring.
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