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A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

PHYLE
A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
TRIBE
A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals. Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a group of animals or plants intermediate between order
SUBDIVISION
1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts. 2. A part of a thing made by subdividing. In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. Arbuthnot.
CEPHALOTRIBE
An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
DIATRIBE
A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic. The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley.
MONOPHYLETIC
Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
SUBTRIBE
A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
POLYPHYLETIC
Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to Ant: monophyletic.