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Definition of: stirps

(stûrps) noun plural stir·pes (stûrpēz)
1. Race; family.
2. A stock as regards lineage: a source of property-descent: Descent per stirpes (as a family) is distinguished from descent per capita (as an individual).
3. Biol. The number of organic units existing in and determining the development of a fertilized ovum. [<L]

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