Definitions
1.nounA socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
2.nounA society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
3.nounA group of apes who live and work together.
4.nounA hierarchal rank between family and genus.
5.nounThe collective noun for various animals.
6.noun(stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line."the Duchess tribe of shorthorns"