tribus
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Definition of tribus
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Synonym of tribe.
“The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian".”
“It might therefore be justified to separate them from the remaining genera of the subfamily Lithosinae as a tribus with two subtribus, or as two tribus.”
“In this Flora distinctly sarcodimitic species are allowed in two tribus, viz. Xeruleae and Myceneae.”
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Etymology
From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe.
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