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stirp
[ sturp ]
/ stɜrp /
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noun Anthropology.
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
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Origin of stirp
Words nearby stirp
stirk, Stirling, Stirling engine, Stirling's formula, Stirlingshire, stirp, stirpiculture, stirps, stirrer, stirring, stirrup
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How to use stirp in a sentence
The continuity of germ plasm (stirp of Galton), like Darwins selection, is a fact, not a theory.
Darwinism and Race Progress|John Berry HaycraftFor figures or descriptions of four-leaved shamrocks the reader is referred to Lobel, 'Stirp.
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. MastersDogging 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