See Also: stirp(dictionary)

stirp (iou)



stirp noun. E16.
[formed as STIRPS.]
The stock of a family; a line of descent; a race, a clan; the descendants of a common ancestor. Also, pedigree, lineage. Now arch. rare. E16.
H. D. Thoreau The last of that stirp, sole survivor of that family.
A scion, a member of a family. L16-E17.
Genetics. The genic component of a gamete or a fertilized ovum. L19-E20.