stirp

[ sturp ]

noun

, Anthropology.

1. a line of descendants from a common ancestor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stirp¹

1495–1505; < Latin stirp- , stem of stirps stirps

Example Sentences

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

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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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