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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
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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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