phylon

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈfaɪlɒn/

Definition of phylon

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:phylon.”

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Etymology

From Late Latin phȳlon (a synonym of tribus, whence the English tribe), from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race, tribe”), whence the English phylum.

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