progeny test

1 of 2

noun

: a test of the worth of a sire or sometimes of a dam based on the performance of its early progeny : an evaluation of the genotype of an animal in terms of its offspring compare sib test

progeny-test

2 of 2

transitive verb

: to perform a progeny test on

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