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UK
/fˈaɪləm/
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[ US /ˈfaɪɫəm/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪɫəm/ ]
NOUN
- (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
- (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.