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

• benthoal
• benthonic
• benthopelagic
• benthos
• benthoscope
• benthoscopes
• benthoses
• bentier
• bentiest
• bento box
• bento boxes
• bentonite
• bentonites
• ben trovato
• bents
• bentwood
• bentwoods
• benty
• benumb
• benumbed
• benumbedness
• benumbednesses
• benumbing
• benumbment
• benumbments