stirp

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noun

A line descended from a single ancestor.

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Meanings

nounstirp (plural stirps or stirpes)

plural stirps · plural stirpes

  1. anthropologyA line descended from a single ancestor.
  2. systematicsA line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
binyanrace

Origin

Back-formation from stirps.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

striptripssprit
Cite this entry
APA

stirp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stirp

MLA

“stirp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stirp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stirp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stirp.

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