2. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.family is between order and genus.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. (Stock Breeding)
Defn: A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
TRIBE
Tribe, v. t.
Defn: To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.]
Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. Abp. Nicolson.
TRIBLET; TRIBOLET
Trib"let, Trib"o*let, n.} Etym: [F. triboulet.]