/al'euh fil"ee euhn, -fil"yeuhn/ , adj. Archaic.
1. (of languages, esp. those of Europe and Asia) neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
n.
2. Turanian (defs. 3, 4).
[ 1835-45; allophyl ( us ) ( allóphylos, equiv. to allo- ALLO- + phyl ( é ) tribe + -os adj. suffix) + -IAN; phylé, akin to phylon race (see PHYLUM) ]