any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.

a local division of an aboriginal people.

a division of some other people.

a class or type of animals, plants, articles, or the like.

Animal Husbandry . a group of animals, esp. cattle, descended through the female line from a common female ancestor.

Biology .

a category in the classification of organisms usually between a subfamily and a genus or sometimes between a suborder and a family.

any group of plants or animals.

a company, group, or number of persons.

a class or set of persons, esp. one with strong common traits or interests.

a large family.

Roman History .

any one of three divisions of the people representing the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan settlements.

any of the later political divisions of the people.

Greek History . a phyle.

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association , blood , caste , clan , class , division , dynasty , horde , house , ilk , kin , kind , kindred , lineage , people , race , seed , society , sort , stock , type , band , ethnocentrism , family , folk , group , phratry , tribalism , village