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.
A number of species or genera
having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of
plants; a tribe of animals.
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.
A 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.
A family of animals
descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line;
as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
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