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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology and botany, a tribe as a classificatory group.

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Examples

  • Certe, aut tria nomina audiens tres Deos esse credidit, et idololatra effectus est; aut in tribus vocabulis trinominem credens Deum, in Sabellii haeresim incurrit; aut edoctus ab Arianis unum esse verum Deum

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • The idea that poseurs could infect a scene has always been considered a threat to the most serious adherents of the established tribus urbanas in Mexico.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • As an example of what goes wrong, I'd point to his writing on the supposed war between the "Emos" and the "punkeos" which led him to a socio-economic discussion of Mexican "tribus urbanos".

    "Who's Who in Mexico's Narco Wars?" 2010

  • As an example of what goes wrong, I'd point to his writing on the supposed war between the "Emos" and the "punkeos" which led him to a socio-economic discussion of Mexican "tribus urbanos".

    "Who's Who in Mexico's Narco Wars?" 2010

  • The idea that poseurs could infect a scene has always been considered a threat to the most serious adherents of the established tribus urbanas in Mexico.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Emos—by then enjoying the aid and support of the leftist establishment in the D.F. government, who considered them the victims of reactionary forces from the right—announce they will march from the Glorieta de Insurgentes to El Chopo, to demand inclusion and tolerance at the place where inclusion and tolerance among tribus urbanas is supposedly sacred.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Emos—by then enjoying the aid and support of the leftist establishment in the D.F. government, who considered them the victims of reactionary forces from the right—announce they will march from the Glorieta de Insurgentes to El Chopo, to demand inclusion and tolerance at the place where inclusion and tolerance among tribus urbanas is supposedly sacred.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • As an example of what goes wrong, I'd point to his writing on the supposed war between the "Emos" and the "punkeos" which led him to a socio-economic discussion of Mexican "tribus urbanos".

    "Who's Who in Mexico's Narco Wars?" 2010

  • The idea that poseurs could infect a scene has always been considered a threat to the most serious adherents of the established tribus urbanas in Mexico.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Emos—by then enjoying the aid and support of the leftist establishment in the D.F. government, who considered them the victims of reactionary forces from the right—announce they will march from the Glorieta de Insurgentes to El Chopo, to demand inclusion and tolerance at the place where inclusion and tolerance among tribus urbanas is supposedly sacred.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

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