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stirp
[ sturp ]
noun
, Anthropology.
- a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
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The continuity of germ plasm (stirp of Galton), like Darwins selection, is a fact, not a theory.
From Project Gutenberg
For figures or descriptions of four-leaved shamrocks the reader is referred to Lobel, 'Stirp.
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Dogging at a theory of heredity which will reconcile Darwin's gemmules, Weismann's germ-plasm, and Galton's stirp.
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