TV series example of the word
The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 1
...phylum, which makes 14 across Port-Au-Prince.
Definitions of phylum in English
noun
(1) (linguistics
(2) (biology
(3) (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
(4) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants
(5) Contains classes [also: phyla (pl)]
Examples of phylum in English
(1) He developed the system whereby every known living creature is assigned to a kingdom, phylum , class, order, family, genus, and species.
(2) Within a phylum , however, it may also be necessary to recognize some languages that have no close relatives and do not fall into families.
(3) Na-Dene is one of the most widely distributed language phyla in North America.
(4) The superphylum Deuterostomia contains the diverse phyla Chordata and Echinodermata and the minor phyla Hemichordata and Urochordata.
(5) Of particular interest in this regard are animals in the early diverging non-bilaterian phyla Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora.
(6) Arthropods, chordates and annelids are the three segmented phyla in the animal kingdom.
(7) In the animal kingdom there are many phyla , and the mammals come into a phylum called the chordates.
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