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plural subtribes
A tribe making up part of a larger tribe. examples
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking below tribe. quotations examples
Brieger and his associates first divide the subtribe Epidendrinae […] into what could be called series, distinguishing four such series in the subtribe.
1993, Carl L. Withner, The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: A Book in Six Parts