stirps

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

stirp

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

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Etymology

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

Synonyms

progenitor

stock of a family

Translations

soy

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