OFFSHOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offshoot mean? 

• OFFSHOOT (noun)
  The noun OFFSHOOT has 1 sense:

1. a natural consequence of development

  Familiarity information: OFFSHOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFSHOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural consequence of development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth

Hypernyms ("offshoot" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

 Context examples 

A part of a forking structure; a division or offshoot from a main stem.

(Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

Sharks developed as an evolutionary offshoot from bony fish — non-armored species with skeletons made of bone, like modern fish.

(Ancient sharks likely more diverse than previously thought, National Science Foundation)