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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

phy•le n., pl. -lae

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

Greek phȳlé̄, akin to phŷlon phylon
1860–65

phy′lic, adj.

'phyle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

allophylian - phratry - phyletic - tribe - triphylite

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