the process of selective breeding or the production of breeds with specific characteristics
stirpiculture in American English
(ˈstɜːrpɪˌkʌltʃər)
noun
the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding
Derived forms
stirpicultural
adjective
stirpiculturist
noun
Word origin
[1865–70, Amer.; ‹ L stirpi- (s. of stirps) stock, stem + culture]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, dunk, racism, tick-tack-toe, valence