phylon

n. [生]家族谱系

发音

/ˈfaɪlɒn/

词形变化

phyla 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.

    废旧 生物

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:phylon.

词源

From Late Latin phȳlon (a synonym of tribus, whence the English tribe), from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race, tribe”), whence the English phylum.

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