hunting and gathering tribe
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5.7
- noun
:
tribu de cazadores-recolectores
- Anthropologists spent several years living among a hunting and gathering tribe in Africa.
Examples
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The hunting and gathering tribe moved to new lands every season.
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The hunting and gathering tribe moved with the seasons to follow migrating herds and wild fruits.
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A hunting and gathering tribe traditionally depended on the natural environment for all their needs.
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Many hunting and gathering tribes rely on traditional knowledge to survive.
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The San people in southern Africa are an example of a hunting and gathering tribe that has lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years.
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Many hunting and gathering tribes rely on seasonal migration to find food and resources in their environment.
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A hunting and gathering tribe typically moves from place to place to follow animal migrations and gather edible plants.
Synonyms
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food and move from place to place
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
hunting + and + gather + tribe
The phrase is fully compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'hunting', 'gathering' and 'tribe' can derive that it denotes a tribe whose subsistence is hunting and gathering (often nomadic). This construction is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so the overall meaning is predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Hunting and gathering tribe gives a simple picture: a group who lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants, often moving with the seasons. So, it means 'a people who live by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild food instead of farming'.