Tribus

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tribe.

    "The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian"."

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"The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian"."

Etymology

From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe.

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