Tribus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tribus is a noun meaning (taxonomy) Synonym of tribe.
Meaning
(taxonomy) Synonym of tribe.
Example Sentences
In this Flora distinctly sarcodimitic species are allowed in two tribus, viz. Xeruleae and Myceneae.
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.
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".
Word Forms
- tribuses
Synonyms for tribus
Depending on context, synonyms include tribe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tribe, tribality, supertaxon, taxon, ethnotaxonomy, eutaxon.
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