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A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.

A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.

Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup. Old squaw. (Zoöl.) See under Old.

A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot women.

The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.

Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.

; 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 Compositæ.

To vote or vote with. [Obs.] "Suffragating tribes." Dryden.

A member of the most prominent tribe of the Moro tribes, occupying the Sulu Archipelago; also, their language.

uddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America. It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max MüLler distinguished from the swastika, with arms prolonged to the right,…

A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.

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

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.

Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. -- Tech`no*graph"ic, Tech`no*graph"ic*al (#), a.

cteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion. Our test excludes your tribe from benefit. Dryden.

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.

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.

A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.

Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.