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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)

  1. (biology, anthropology) A line descended from a single ancestor.
  2. (systematics) A line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.

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