A Topical Dictionary: Search for phylum

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English

Etymology

From {{term|φῦλον||tribe, race|tr=phulon|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}}.

Noun

In the Context of A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
: Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.

Translations

Czech: kmen
Dutch: stam
Faroese: fylki
Finnish: pääjakso
German: Stamm
Greek: φύλο

Hungarian: törzs
Interlingua: phylo
Portuguese: filo
Russian: тип (tip)
Swedish: stam

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:Greek derivations

de:phylum fa:phylum id:phylum pl:phylum ru:phylum simple:phylum ta:phylum vi:phylum zh:phylum

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Phylum \Phy"lum\, n.; pl. Phyla. [NL. See Phylon.]
1. (Zool.) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom;
a branch; a grand division.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) A series of animals or plants genetically
connected.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet phylum
n 1: (linguistics) a large group of languages that are
historically related
2: (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants;
contains classes
[also: phyla (pl)]

Moby Dictionary
affiliation , antonomasia , apparentation , binomial nomenclature ,
biological classification , biosystematics , biosystematy , biotype ,
birth , blood , bloodline , branch , brand , breed , cast , character ,
clan , class , classification , color , common ancestry , consanguinity ,
denomination , derivation , descent , description , designation ,
direct line , distaff side , extraction , family , feather ,
female line , filiation , form , genotype , genre , genus , glossology ,
grain , house , ilk , kidney , kin , kind , kingdom , label , line ,
line of descent , lineage , lot , make , male line , manner , mark , mold ,
nature , nomenclature , number , onomastics , onomatology , order ,
orismology , persuasion , place-names , place-naming , polyonymy , race ,
section , seed , sept , series , shape , side , sort , spear side ,
species , spindle side , stamp , stem , stirps , stock , strain , stripe ,
style , subclass , subfamily , subgenus , subkingdom , suborder ,
subspecies , subtribe , succession , superclass , superfamily ,
superorder , superspecies , sword side , systematics , taxonomy ,
terminology , the like of , the likes of , toponymy , tribe ,
trinomialism , type , variety