Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Biology A taxonomic category of organisms ranking below a kingdom and above a class. In the classification of plants, division often replaces phylum.
- noun Linguistics A large division of possibly genetically related families of languages or linguistic stocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a great group or sub-kingdom of the vegetable kingdom, next above a class.
- noun Any primary division or subkingdom of the animal or vegetable kingdom. , , , , ,
- noun The graphic representation of the evolution of one or several forms of animal life by descent with modification from preexisting ancestors, on the principle of the construction of a genealogical table or “family tree.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.
- noun (Biol.) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, taxonomy A
rank in the classification oforganisms , belowkingdom and aboveclass ; also called adivision , especially in describingplants ; a taxon at that rank - noun linguistics A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
- noun (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Types of animals that have the same body plan are generally grouped together in the same phylum, which is the biological classification right under kingdom kingdom divides organisms into bacteria, plants, animals, and a few other categories.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Types of animals that have the same body plan are generally grouped together in the same phylum, which is the biological classification right under kingdom kingdom divides organisms into bacteria, plants, animals, and a few other categories.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Types of animals that have the same body plan are generally grouped together in the same phylum, which is the biological classification right under kingdom kingdom divides organisms into bacteria, plants, animals, and a few other categories.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Types of animals that have the same body plan are generally grouped together in the same phylum, which is the biological classification right under kingdom kingdom divides organisms into bacteria, plants, animals, and a few other categories.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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The paper above also discusses the problem of the concept of a phylum, which is highly artificial and has lead to much confusion.
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Phoenix photoelectric effect photon photosynthesis phrase phylum
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In any event, we can start our classification system at the "phylum" level.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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In any event, we can start our classification system at the "phylum" level.
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If you do not understand the coeffcients of nuclear (solar and galactic)radiation as an energy inputand its qualitative energy budget or the biochemistry of say refrigerant bacteria such as phylum Pseudomonas the activators and inhibitors of chemical thermodynamics and thermodiffusion state it in your discourse,ie provide a risk matrix of the levels of understanding of unquantified variables and the correlation of accuracy (proof) of the gcm.
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This, though, was a different line of evolution, even a different phylum, if "phylum" meant anything here.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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