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phylon

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[fahy-lon] / ˈfaɪ lɒn /

noun

phyla plural
  1. a group that has a genetic relationship or common origin, as a race.


Etymology

Origin of phylon

< New Latin < Greek phŷlon race, tribe, class, akin to phȳ́ein to bring forth, produce, be

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Kai phylon antiphylo megaloisin agaklyton ergois:   Tes aretes cheiros kai phrenos anchinoos.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

Words like phylon, genos, gens, natio, kin, all point to the natural family as the origin of all society.

From Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American by Eliot, Charles William

Once in the phylon many of these activities were elaborated in the life and death struggle for existence.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

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