Noun: tribus
| Singular | tribus |
| Plural | tribus; tribuses |
Sample Sentences
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The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian". [1963, Proceedings of the International Congress of Zoology, page 207:]
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It might therefore be justified to separate them from the remaining genera of the subfamily Lithosinae as a tribus with two subtribus, or as two tribus. [1965, A Revision of the West African Eilemic Moths, Based on the Male Genitalia, page 9:]
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In this Flora distinctly sarcodimitic species are allowed in two tribus, viz. Xeruleae and Myceneae. [1990, C[ornelis] Bas, “Tricholomataceae R.Heim ex Pouz”, in Flora Agaricina Neerlandica: Critical monographs on families of agarics and boleti occurring in the Netherlands, volume 2, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 66:]
Nouns inflected like tribus
saltus,
beta fish,
paleofish,
airbreathing catfish,
black rhinoceros,
torrentfish,
megahertz,
pan fish,
solar plexus,
peltops,
yellow perch,
numb-nuts,
springfish,
pilot fish,
FPS,
janitor fish,
seafish,
parados,
Mediterranean parrotfish,
cockfish, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe. See: Latin Nouns '
tribus'.