definitions

stirp

[ sturp ]
/ stɜrp /
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noun Anthropology.

a line of descendants from a common ancestor.

Nearby words

stirk, stirling, stirling engine, stirling's formula, stirlingshire, stirp, stirpiculture, stirps, stirrer, stirring, stirrup

Origin of stirp

1495–1505; < Latin stirp-, stem of stirps stirps
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Examples from the Web for stirp

  • Dogging at a theory of heredity which will reconcile Darwin's gemmules, Weismann's germ-plasm, and Galton's stirp.

    Phases of an Inferior Planet|Ellen Glasgow

  • The continuity of germ plasm (stirp of Galton), like Darwins selection, is a fact, not a theory.

    Darwinism and Race Progress|John Berry Haycraft

  • For figures or descriptions of four-leaved shamrocks the reader is referred to Lobel, 'Stirp.

    Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters