social group - people sharing some social relation

moiety - one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

phyle - a tribe of ancient Athenians

nation - a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Maya, Mayan - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"

Nahuatl - a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico

Olmec - a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization contered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC

Bovini, tribe Bovini - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos

biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations

family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae - bamboos

social group - people sharing some social relation

mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha"

family unit, family - primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"

family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin

totem - a clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob

relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

clan member, clansman, clanswoman - a member of a clan

tribesman - someone who lives in a tribe