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phylum

phy·lum
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fahy-luh m]
    • /ˈfaɪ ləm/
    • /ˈfai.ləm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fahy-luh m]
    • /ˈfaɪ ləm/

Definitions of phylum word

  • noun plural phylum Biology. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan. 1
  • noun plural phylum Linguistics. a category consisting of language stocks that, because of cognates in vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin. Compare stock (def 13). 1
  • noun phylum biological category or division 1
  • noun phylum a major taxonomic division of living organisms that contain one or more classes. An example is the phylum Arthropoda (insects, crustaceans, arachnids, etc, and myriapods) 0
  • noun phylum any analogous group, such as a group of related language families or linguistic stocks 0
  • noun phylum a major category in the classification of living organisms, esp. animals, ranking above a class and below a kingdom: it can include one class or many similar classes: the Latinized phylum names are capitalized but not italicized (Ex.: Arthropoda, arthropods) 0
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Origin of phylum

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
1875-80; < New Latin < Greek phŷlon tribe, stock; see phylon

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Parts of speech for Phylum

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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phylum popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • ciliate

    possessing or relating to cilia

  • cnidaria

    an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.

  • ectoprocta

    the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.

  • entoproct

    (zoology) Any member of the Entoprocta, a phylum of mostly sessile aquatic animals.

  • onychophoran

    any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
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