stirps /stûrps/, also stirp /stûrp/

1. (a person and his or her descendants forming) a branch of a family (esp law)
2. Pedigree
3. A category in biological classification, eg (zoology) a superfamily, family or subfamily, or (botany) a rootstock that retains characteristics in cultivation

stirpˈiculture noun

Selective breeding

• sub.
• subabbot
• subabbots
• subabdominal
• subacetate
• subacetates
• subacid
• subacidities
• subacidity
• subacidly
• subacidness
• subacidnesses
• subacrid
• subact
• subacted
• subacting
• subaction
• subactions
• subacts
• subacute
• sunroof
• sunroofs
• sun room
• sun rooms
• suns