| tribe | | |
| n. (group) | 1. folk, tribe | a social division of (usually preliterate) people. |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ moiety | one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe. |
| ~ phyle | a tribe of ancient Athenians. |
| n. (group) | 2. federation of tribes, tribe | a federation (as of American Indians). |
| ~ nation | a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes).; "the Shawnee nation" |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| ~ maya, mayan | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" |
| ~ nahuatl | a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico. |
| ~ olmec | a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC. |
| n. (group) | 3. tribe | (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily. |
| ~ bovini, tribe bovini | term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos. |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | animal or plant group having natural relations. |
| ~ family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera.; "sharks belong to the fish family" |
| ~ bambuseae, tribe bambuseae | bamboos. |
| n. (group) | 4. clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe | group of people related by blood or marriage. |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ mishpachah, mishpocha | (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends).; "she invited the whole mishpocha" |
| ~ family unit, family | primary social group; parents and children.; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" |
| ~ folks | your parents.; "he wrote to his folks every day" |
| ~ family tree, genealogy | successive generations of kin. |
| ~ totem | a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object. |
| ~ tribes of israel, twelve tribes of israel | twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob. |
| ~ relative, relation | a person related by blood or marriage.; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" |
| ~ clan member, clansman, clanswoman | a member of a clan. |
| ~ tribesman | someone who lives in a tribe. |
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