phylon

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

• enPR: fīʹlŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪlɒn/

phylon (plural phyla)

1. (biology, obsolete) All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.
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• “‖Phyʹlon, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.