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tribus

tribus noun: synonym of tribe.

Noun

tribus (plural tribus or tribuses)

  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".1963, Proceedings of the International Congress of Zoology, page 207
    • It might therefore be justified to separate them from the remaining genera of the subfamily Lithosinae as a tribus with two subtribus, or as two tribus.1965, A Revision of the West African Eilemic Moths, Based on the Male Genitalia, page 9
    Synonyms:
    tribe

Synonyms of tribus

Forms of tribus

pluraltribus
pluraltribuses

Origin of tribus

From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe.

Questions about tribus

What does tribus mean?
Tribus means synonym of tribe.
What part of speech is tribus?
Tribus is a noun.
What is the plural of tribus?
The plural of tribus is tribus.

Words near tribus in the dictionary

  1. tribunitial
  2. tribunitian
  3. tribunitiary
  4. tribunitious
  5. tribunitive
  6. tribus
  7. tribuses
  8. tributable
  9. tributaries
  10. tributarily
  11. tributariness

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