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RELATED WORDS : phylum acanthocephala phylum annelida phylum arthropoda phylum aschelminthes phylum brachiopoda phylum bryozoa phylum chaetognatha phylum chordata phylum cnidaria phylum coelenterata phylum cryptophyta phylum ctenophora phylum cycliophora phylum echinodermata phylum ectoprocta phylum entoprocta phylum mollusca phylum nematoda phylum nemertea phylum nemertina phylum phoronida phylum platyhelminthes phylum pogonophora phylum porifera phylum protozoa phylum pyrrophyta phylum rotifera phylum sipuncula

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun phylum has 2 senses

• phylum(n = noun.group) Array - (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related; Array
is a kind of social group

• phylum(n = noun.group) Array - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes; Array
has particulars: phylum pyrrophyta, pyrrophyta, phylum protozoa, protozoa, cryptophyta, phylum cryptophyta, chordata, phylum chordata, cephalochordata, subphylum cephalochordata, subphylum tunicata, subphylum urochorda, subphylum urochordata, tunicata, urochorda, urochordata, craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata, arthropoda, phylum arthropoda, pentastomida, subphylum pentastomida, phylum porifera, porifera, cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata, ctenophora, phylum ctenophora, acanthocephala, phylum acanthocephala, chaetognatha, phylum chaetognatha, phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes, nemertea, nemertina, phylum nemertea, phylum nemertina, phylum pogonophora, pogonophora, phylum rotifera, rotifera, aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda, annelida, phylum annelida, mollusca, phylum mollusca, phoronida, phoronidea, phylum phoronida, bryozoa, phylum bryozoa, polyzoa, ectoprocta, phylum ectoprocta, endoprocta, entoprocta, phylum entoprocta, cycliophora, phylum cycliophora, brachiopoda, phylum brachiopoda, phylum sipuncula, sipuncula, echinodermata, phylum echinodermata, division
is a member of kingdom
is a kind of taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

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phylum

affiliation, antonomasia, apparentation, binomial nomenclature, biological classification, biosystematics, biosystematy, biotype, birth, blood, bloodline, branch, brand, breed, cast, character, clan, class, classification, color, common ancestry, consanguinity, denomination, derivation, descent, description, designation, direct line, distaff side, extraction, family, feather, female line, filiation, form, genotype, genre, genus, glossology, grain, house, ilk, kidney, kin, kind, kingdom, label, line, line of descent, lineage, lot, make, male line, manner, mark, mold, nature, nomenclature, number, onomastics, onomatology, order, orismology, persuasion, place-names, place-naming, polyonymy, race, section, seed, sept, series, shape, side, sort, spear side, species, spindle side, stamp, stem, stirps, stock, strain, stripe, style, subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subspecies, subtribe, succession, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, sword side, systematics, taxonomy, terminology, the like of, the likes of, toponymy, tribe, trinomialism, type, variety

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