Phylon

//ˈfaɪlɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade. obsolete

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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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