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stirps

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stirps¹

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

noun stirpes

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

stirps²

noun

  1. plural plural of stirp

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"stirps." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stirps. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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stirps. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stirps

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"stirps." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stirps.

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@misc{stirps_2026,
  title = {stirps},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stirps},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}