subtribe

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tribe.

Noun

subtribe (plural subtribes)

1. A tribe making up part of a larger tribe.
2. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking below tribe.
   • 1993, Carl L. Withner, The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: A Book in Six Parts:

     Brieger and his associates first divide the subtribe Epidendrinae […] into what could be called series, distinguishing four such series in the subtribe.

Synonyms

• (taxonomy): subtribus

References

• “subtribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• bierstub, stubbier