subtribe
English
Etymology
Noun
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.
- 1993: Carl L. Withner, The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: A Book in Six Parts
References
- “subtribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.