phylon

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin phȳlon (a synonym of tribus, whence the English tribe), from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race, tribe”), whence the English phylum. === Pronunciation === enPR: fīʹlŏn, IPA(key): /ˈfaɪlɒn/ === Noun === phylon (plural phyla) (biology, obsolete) All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade. For quotations using this term, see Citations:phylon. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “‖Phyʹlon, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.