What is a family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns called?
tribe — (Stock Breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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