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Stirps

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A branch of a family.
  2. 2
    plural of stirp form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A progenitor of a branch of a family.
  4. 4
    A superfamily of animals or plants.

Etymology

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

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