phylum
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phylum /ˈfʌɪləm/
▶noun (pl. phyla /-lə/)
- 1 Zoology a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to the division in botany.
- 2 Linguistics a group of languages related to each other less closely than those forming a family.
– origin C19: mod. L., from Gk phulon ‘race’.
'phylum' also found in these Oxford entries:
Altaic
- amoeba
- annelid
- arrow worm
- arthropod
- aschelminth
- Austro-Asiatic
- brachiopod
- bryozoan
- chordate
- ciliate
- class
- cnidarian
- coelenterate
- comb jelly
- ctenophore
- division
- echinoderm
- flatworm
- hair worm
- hemichordate
- lamp shell
- mollusc
- moss animal
- Na-Dene
- nematode
- nemertean
- Niger–Congo
- Nilo-Saharan
- Nostratic
- onychophoran
- peanut worm
- Penutian
- phyla
- protozoan
- radiolarian
- ribbon worm
- rotifer
- slime mould
- sponge
- sporozoan
- subkingdom
- subphylum
- superclass
- tardigrade
- velvet worm
- water bear
