phylon
Meanings
noun
- All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.
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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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