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Noun
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(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
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(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
Usage examples
- He now assigns former members of the kingdom Archezoa to the phylum Amoebozoa.
- Most closely related to the distant Bacteroidetes, they are accordingly assigned their own phylum.
- The phylum has six branches: Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic and Semitic.
- The bootlace worm is in the phylum Nemertea or ribbon worms.
- The phylogenetic placement of this phylum in the past has proved troublesome.
- Where the Foraminifera comprise a phylum, the class Rotalidia is equivalent to the order.