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Definition of Subclan
1. a subdivision of a clan [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subclan
| subchron subchronic subchrons subchunk subchunks subcinctorium subcircle subcircles subcircuit subcircuits | subcircular subclade subclades subclaim subclaims subclan (current term) subclans |
Literary usage of Subclan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Totemism by James George Frazer (1887)
"(1) The Elk clan neither eat the flesh nor touch any part of the male elk, and
they do not eat the male deer.3 (2) A subclan of the Black Shoulder (Buffalo) ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... for a bill, and some at the back of the head, for the bird's tail, with much
over each ear for the wings. "M The Turtle subclan of the ..."
3. The Geometric Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations and Algebraic Functions by Georges Valiron (1984)
"For instance, one of the first Christians moved to land belonging to a subclan
other than his own. His fellow Christian, a member of the ..."
4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A subclan of the Delawares.— Morgan, Anc. Soc., 172, 1877. ... A subclan of the
Delawares.—Morgan, Anc. Soc. , 172, 1877. ..."
5. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"... and the Turtle subclan cut off all the hair from a boy's head, except six
locks which are arranged so as to imitate the legs, head, and tail of a turtle ..."
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