phylon
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/ˈfaɪlɒn/
Definition of phylon
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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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