tribe

1. n. A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. Source: opted

2. n. A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals. Source: opted

3. n. A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe. Source: opted

4. n. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/division">division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes. Source: opted

5. n. A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns. Source: opted

6. v. t. To distribute into tribes or classes. Source: opted

7. n. a social division of (usually preliterate) people Source: wordnet

8. n. a federation (as of American Indians) Source: wordnet

9. n. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily Source: wordnet

10. n. group of people related by blood or marriage Source: wordnet

11. A number of species or genera having certain structuralcharacteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals. Source: adambom

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