English

Noun

subtribe ‎(plural subtribes)

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking below tribe.
   • 1993: Carl L. Withner, The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: A Book in Six Parts

     Brieger and his associates first divide the subtribe Epidendrinae (...) into what could be called series, distinguishing four such series in the subtribe.

References

• subtribe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• stubbier