For the suburb of Athens, see Fyli. For the geometer moth genus, see Phyle (moth).

Phyle (Greek φυλή, clan, race, people, derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι - to descend, to originate) is an ancient Greek term for clan or tribe.

Ancient Greece

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Other

Global phyles figure prominently in the plot of Neal Stephenson's 1995 novel, The Diamond Age, set approximately in the late 21st Century.

See also

• Phylogeny
• Phylum

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