单词 | subtribe |
释义 | subtriben. 1. A subdivision of a tribe. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > tribe > [noun] > small tribe or division of tribe subtribe1823 tribelet1855 moiety1883 1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity xiii. 320 Each nation is divided into families, or sub-tribes. 1857 C. Hursthouse N.Z. I. 162 The 70,000 semi-civilized natives now in New Zealand are divided into some dozen chief tribes, and into numerous sub-tribes and ‘Harpu’. 1958 G. Lienhardt in J. Middleton & D. Tait Tribes without Rulers 103 A tribe is divided into subtribes, its largest political segments. 1977 Time 19 Dec. 21/3 Its population of 2·5 million citizens includes members of 76 ethnic groups, mostly subtribes of the Tswana. 2010 S. Atran Talking to Enemy xv. 246 The Pashtun..are divided into a few major tribal confederations, and numerous tribes and subtribes. 2. Biology. A taxonomic category ranking below tribe and above genus; a group of this rank.The standard termination for a subtribe name is now -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [adjective] > sub-tribe subtribe1826 subtribual1847 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvii. 391 If a subclass end in ata, a suborder might end in ita..; a tribe in ina, a subtribe in ona ; a stirps in una; and a family in idæ. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 860/1 The second sub-tribe, Hydradephaga, includes the predaceous water-beetles. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 150 Tribe iv. Seselineæ... Sub-tribe 2. Coriandreæ. 1922 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49 251 Flowers..rather large for the subtribe. 1962 Coleopterists Bull. 16 2 Within the approximately 30 Rhyncolina genera of the world, Phloeophagus of the Holarctic is certainly the closest element to the Neotropical generic group of the subtribe. 2010 R. M. Lo Presti Geol. vs. Climatol. Diversification Mediterranean Area 37 Leucanthemum and/or Plagius..belong to a different subtribe of Anthemideae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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