n. 宗族, 部落, 一群人

[医] 族(生物分类)

Tribe \Tribe\, v. t.
To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.]

Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp.
Nicolson.


Tribe \Tribe\, n. [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the
Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe;
of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.]
1. A family, race, or series of generations, descending from
the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of
the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve
sons of Jacob. ``The Lion of the tribe of Juda.'' --Rev.
v. 5.

A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak.

2. (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain
structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of
plants; a tribe of animals.

Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a
group of animals or plants intermediate between order
and genus.

3. A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude
people united under one leader or government; as, the
tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.

4. A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from
whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as,
the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.

5. (Stock Breeding) A family of animals descended from some
particular female progenitor, through the female line; as,
the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.