stirp

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by NadandoBot (talk | contribs) as of 04:58, 9 May 2019.
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Back-formation from stirps.

Noun

[edit]

stirp (plural stirps or stirpes)

  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.

Anagrams

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=stirp&oldid=52757802"