English Explanatory Dictionary

stirps

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of a family.
  2. A progenitor of a branch of a family.
  3. A superfamily of animals or plants.
noun
  1. plural of stirp

Word forms

stirps stirpes

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stirps (“rootstock, stem”).

Related words

stirp stirpes
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