n 1 a  :  a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor  b  :  a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously  2  :  the average span of time between the birth of parents and that of their offspring  3  :  the action or process of producing offspring  :  PROCREATION gen*er*a*tion*al adj 
 
 
 
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