n. a social division of (usually preliterate) people
n. a federation (as of American Indians)
n. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
词态变化
复数形式:tribes
常见例句
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Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.
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Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. n
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n a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec n the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian a of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
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many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast n
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of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
