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allophylic

allophylic adjective: belonging or relating to another tribe.

Adjective (1)

allophylic (not comparable)

  1. Belonging or relating to another tribe

Adjective (2) capitalized: Allophylic

Allophylic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.
    • According to Dr. Prichard, the Celts are of Eastern origin, belonging to the great Indo-European family. They arrived before the Teutons from the regions on the Oxus, and from Media, and penetrated through the Allophylic races […]1928, Collier's New Encyclopedia

Forms of allophylic

alternative formAllophylian

Origin of allophylic

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + φυλή (phulḗ, “tribe, lineage”) + -ic.

Questions about allophylic

What does allophylic mean?
Allophylic means belonging or relating to another tribe.
What part of speech is allophylic?
Allophylic is an adjective.

Words near allophylic in the dictionary

  1. allophycocyanines
  2. allophycocyanins
  3. allophyle
  4. allophyles
  5. Allophylian
  6. allophylic
  7. alloplasia
  8. alloplasm
  9. alloplasmatic
  10. alloplasmic
  11. alloplasms

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