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Holethnos :: Holethnos (n.) A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes..

Monopode :: Monopode (n.) One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot.

Derotremata :: Derotremata (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata..

Russify :: Russify (v. t.) To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes..

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar..

Utes :: Utes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians..

Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.

Tetraonid :: Tetraonid (n.) A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively..

Tardigrada :: Tardigrada (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3..

Subtrihedral :: Subtribe (n.) A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.

Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals..

Thelphusian :: Thelphusian (n.) One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.

Longipalp :: Longipalp (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi..

Subordinacy :: Suborder (n.) A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae..

Exterminate :: Exterminate (v. t.) To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice..

Scincoidea :: Scincoidea (n. pl.) A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.

Teuton :: Teuton (n.) One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race..

Tribal :: Tribal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal scepter..

Coenogamy :: Coenogamy (n.) The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.

Hurons :: Hurons (n. pl.) ; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650..

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