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单词 stirpiculture
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stirpiculture

[ stur-pi-kuhl-cher ]
/ ˈstɜr pɪˌkʌl tʃər /

noun

the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.

Origin of stirpiculture

1865–70, Americanism;<Latin stirpi- (stem of stirps) stock, stem + culture

OTHER WORDS FROM stirpiculture

stir·pi·cul·tur·al, adjectivestir·pi·cul·tur·ist, noun

Words nearby stirpiculture

Stirling, Stirling engine, Stirling's formula, Stirlingshire, stirp, stirpiculture, stirps, stirrer, stirring, stirrup, stirrup bone
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Example sentences from the Web for stirpiculture

  • It is well, and it might have been better, but do not give over and talk of stirpiculture.

    The Kempton-Wace Letters|Jack London
  • Stirpiculture in this extended sense was not unknown to the ancients, both in theory and in practice.

    Homo-culture|Martin Luther Holbrook
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