WORD....for papa bear

TRIBE

[trahyb]

noun

1. any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.

2. a local division of an aboriginal people.

3. a division of some people.

origin

In Biblical sense, which was the original one in English, the Latin word translates Gk. phyle "race or tribe of men, body of men united by ties of blood and descent, a clan". Extension to any ethnic group or race of people is first recorded 1590's. tribal "characterized by strong group loyalty" os recorded from 1951.