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Tribe
Tribe Tribe, v. t.
To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.]
Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp.
Nicolson.
Tribe
Tribe Tribe, n. [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the
Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe;
of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.]
1. 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. ``The Lion of the tribe of Juda.' --Rev.
v. 5.
A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain
structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of
plants; a tribe of animals.
Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a
group of animals or plants intermediate between order
and genus.
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