(~)
You can refer to a person’s children or to an animal’s young as their ~. (FORMAL)
Eleanor was now less anxious about her ~ than she had once been.
N-COUNT: oft with poss
(~)
You can refer to a person’s children or to an animal’s young as their ~. (FORMAL)
Eleanor was now less anxious about her ~ than she had once been.
N-COUNT: oft with poss
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012