OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4951

phylum

/ˈfaɪləm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
filo
A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.
While biologists are perpetually finding new species, they can almost always fit the organism into one of the existing taxonomic pigeonholes by which scientists classify life forms…
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