| tribe | |
| 1. n. A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people. | |
| 2. n. (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state. | |
| 3. n. (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together. | |
| 4. n. The collective noun for various animals. | |
| 5. n. (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus. | |
| 6. n. (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line. | |
| the Duchess tribe of shorthorns | |
| 7. v. To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize. | |
