stirpiculture

English

Etymology

Latin stirps, stirpis (“stem, stock, race”) + cultura (“culture”).

Noun

stirpiculture (uncountable)

(archaic) The breeding of special stocks or races; eugenics.

References

“stirpiculture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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