- tribe, folk - a social division of (usually preliterate) people
--1 is a kind of social group
--1 has members: moiety
--1 has particulars: phyle - tribe, federation of tribes - a federation (as of American Indians)
--2 is a kind of nation
--2 has members: Mayan, Maya; Nahuatl; Olmec - tribe - (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
--3 is a kind of taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
--3 is a member of family
--3 has particulars: Bovini, tribe Bovini; Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae- kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage
--4 is a kind of social group
--4 has members:
--4 has particulars:relative, relation; clansman, clanswoman, clan member; tribesman mishpocha, mishpachah; family, family unit; folks; genealogy, family tree; totem; Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage