Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subdivision of a tribe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A division of a tribe; specifically, in zoology and botany, a section or division of a tribe: a classificatory group of no fixed grade. See
tribe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot. & Zoöl.) A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
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- noun taxonomy A
taxonomic category ranking belowtribe .
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Examples
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The Kom and the Kushtowz, another Nuristani subtribe, have been fighting over water rights for a century, says Lt.Col. Kolenda.
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Chen proudly calls himself a behavioral economist, a member of a growing subtribe whose research crosses over into psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology.
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Vetiver is a member of the same subtribe of grasses as sorghum and maize, and it may prove to be a sacrificial barrier to the spread of striga.
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It is legitimate to fear that any grass belonging to vetiver's subtribe could become a weed.
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Vetiver belongs to the same subtribe of the grass family as maize, sorghum, lemongrass, and citronella.
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Also, the weedy members of the subtribe tend to be annuals.
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"It strikes me as a most peculiar subtribe," Runs admitted.
Quozl Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1989
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My sisters, members of the subtribe Triticinae, are remonstrating against me with cries of discrimination.
Chapter 12 1989
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The sept names also differ in different localities; the Birjhia subtribe who live in the same country as the Mundas have several Munda names among their septs, as Munna, Son, Solai; while the Binjhwars who are neighbours of the Gonds have Gond sept names, as Tekam, Sonwani, and others.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The Rikhiasan Mahatwar subtribe of the Bhuiyas in the Central Provinces are named after this hero Rikhmun; the designation of Mahatwar signifies that they are the
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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B.B.C. News: '"It certainly suggests there was a significant settlement nearby. As far as we understand, it was occupied by wealthy tribes or subtribes," she said.'
January 18, 2009