tribe : Idioms & Phrases

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federation of tribes

  • noun a federation (as of American Indians)
    tribe.
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hunting and gathering tribe

  • noun group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic
    hunting and gathering society.
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lost tribes

  • noun the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)
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Pea-flower tribe

  • (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. G. Bentham.
Webster 1913

tribe bambuseae

  • noun bamboos
    Bambuseae.
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tribe bovini

  • noun term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos
    Bovini.
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tribe bubalus

  • noun in some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes
    genus Bubalus; Bubalus.
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tribe synercus

  • noun Cape buffalo
    genus Synercus; Synercus.
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tribes of israel

  • noun twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
    Tribes of Israel.
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twelve tribes of israel

  • noun twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
    Tribes of Israel.
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