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Webster
1913
Edition
Stirp
Stirp
,
Noun.
[L.
stirps
,
stirpis
.]
Stock; race; family.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Webster
1828
Edition
Stirp
STIRP
,
Noun.
sturp. [L.] Stock; race; family. [Not English.]
Definition
2024
stirp
stirp
English
Noun
stirp
(
plural
stirps
)
(
biology
,
anthropology
)
A line descended from a single
ancestor
.
(
systematics
)
A line descending from a single extant
ancestor
, a lineage descending from a supergenerative
species
.
Anagrams
spirt
,
sprit
,
strip
,
TRIPS
,
trips
Etymology
Back-formation
from
stirps
.
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