PHYLE


Meaning of PHYLE in English

— phylic , adj.

/fuy"lee/ , n. , pl. phylae /-lee/ .

(in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.

[ 1860-65; phylé, akin to phylon PHYLON ]

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