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(history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
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(synecdochically) A tribal nation or people.
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(informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
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A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
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A class or group of things.
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(zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
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(taxonomy) A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
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A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
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The collective noun for various animals.
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(stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.