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Noun: phylum (phyla)  fI-lum
  1. (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
     
  2. (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

Sounds like: filum

Derived forms: phyla

Type of: social group, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

Part of: kingdom

Encyclopedia: Phylum

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Phyllostomus hastatus
phyllotaxis
Phylloxera
Phylloxera vitifoleae
Phylloxeridae
phylogenesis
phylogenetic
phylogenetic relation
phylogenetically
phylogeny
phylum
phylum Acanthocephala
phylum Annelida
phylum Arthropoda
phylum Aschelminthes
phylum Brachiopoda
phylum Bryozoa
phylum Chaetognatha
phylum Chordata
phylum Cnidaria
phylum Coelenterata