In biologic classification, an occasionally used division between the family and the genus; often the same as the subfamily. [L. tribus]
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tribe 'trīb n a category of taxonomic classification sometimes equivalent to or ranking just below a suborder but more commonly ranking below a subfamily
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(trīb) a taxonomic category subordinate to a family (or subfamily) and superior to a genus (or subtribe).Medical dictionary. 2011.