subtribe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
subtribe (plural subtribes)
- A tribe making up part of a larger tribe.
- (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking below tribe.
- 1993, Carl L. Withner, The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: A Book in Six Parts:
- Brieger and his associates first divide the subtribe Epidendrinae […] into what could be called series, distinguishing four such series in the subtribe.
Synonyms[edit]
- (taxonomy): subtribus
References[edit]
- “subtribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.