Subtribe

/sʌbtɹaɪb/

[noun]

Subtribe

[NOUN]

a taxonomic rank used in biological classification that is lower than a tribe and higher than a genus

Examples

1. They follow a subtribe of five thousand people and fifty thousand animals making their 48-day journey from a region close to the Persian Gulf to the summer pastures near Isfahan.

2. They formed tribes and subtribes, known as iwi and hapu.

3. And Galla was a subtribe of the Oromo in Ethiopia.