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a combining form meaning “race,” “tribe,” “kind”: phylogeny.

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Also especially before a vowel, phyl-.

Origin of phylo-

<Greek, combining form of phŷlonphylon

Words nearby phylo-

phyllosphere, phyllotaxis, phyllotaxy, -phyllous, phylloxera, phylo-, phylogenetic classification, phylogeny, phylon, phylum, phyma

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How to use phylo- in a sentence

And horses in the phylo-genetic line are more ancient than dogs: they are lower in the zoologic scale.
Lola|Henny Kindermann

British Dictionary definitions for phylo-

phylo-

before a vowel phyl-

combining form

tribe; race; phylumphylogeny

Word Origin for phylo-

from Greek phulon race

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