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phylakes

phylakes is the plural of phylax.

Meaning of phylax

Noun

phylax (plural phylakes)

  1. (historical) A guard in Ancient Greece

Questions about phylakes

What is phylakes the plural of?
Phylakes is the plural of phylax.

Words near phylakes in the dictionary

  1. phylactocarpal
  2. phylactocarps
  3. phylactolaemate
  4. phylactolaematous
  5. phylae
  6. phylakes
  7. phylal
  8. phylanthropy
  9. phylar
  10. phylarch
  11. phylarchi

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