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phylum

[ UK /fˈa‍ɪləm/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪɫəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
  2. (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

How To Use phylum In A Sentence

  • Although they are present almost everywhere, on land and sea, a group of related bacteria in the superphylum Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae, or PVC, have remained in relative obscurity ever since they were first described about a decade ago. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • They belong to 3 phylum, 8 class, 22 orders.
  • Now a team of paleontologists has found a fossilized arthropod they're betting is an early member of the subphylum Crustacea.
  • The product of another transformed phylum, this was a chondrichthyan, a distant relation of a shark. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
  • Molluscs Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals.
  • Going on down the hierarchy are phylum, subphylum, class, subclass, order, family, genus, species.
  • Sanford isactually a little crestfallen because he can't find a peanut worm, an odd thingin the phylum Sipuncula that would give us an even ten.
  • However, among the classes of phylum Porifera, it is difficult to distinguish evolutionary relationships.
  • A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
  • He developed the system whereby every known living creature is assigned to a kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
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