phylum
has definitions from the fields of biology,linguistics
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)He has announced results on Hokan , Penutian , Uto-Aztecan , and almost all other American families and phyla , and has diagrammed their degree of interrelation ; but he has not worked_out by lexicostatistics one comprehensively complete classification of even a single family other_than Salish . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
Related terms taxonomic_group Protozoa division Urochordata Pogonophora Ctenophora Cephalochordata Pentastomida Porifera Cnidaria Acanthocephala Vertebrata Sipuncula Echinodermata Nemertea Arthropoda Rotifera Nematoda Annelida Mollusca Phoronida Bryozoa Ectoprocta Entoprocta Cycliophora Brachiopoda Chaetognatha Platyhelminthes phylum_pyrrophyta Chordata Cryptophyta kingdom class subphylum biology |
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