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Meaning of Phylum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈfaɪləm

Definitions

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
A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.

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العربية الشّعبة شعبة

Azərbaycanca tip

Български тип

Bosanski deblo tip колено тип

Català fílum

Čeština kmen

Dansk række

Deutsch Stamm

Ελληνικά συνομοταξία φύλο

Esperanto filumo

Español filo

Eesti hõimkond

فارسی شاخه

Suomi kaari pääjakso

Français embranchement phylum

עברית מערכה מערכת

हिन्दी संघ

Hrvatski deblo tip колено тип

Magyar törzs

Հայերեն տիպ

Bahasa Indonesia filum

Íslenska fylking

Italiano divisione filo phylum tipo

日本語門

ქართული ტიპი

ខ្មែរ សាខា

한국어 문

Kurdî dal fîlo sube tîp

Latviešu tips

Македонски колено

Монгол хүрээ

မြန်မာဘာသာ မျိုးပေါင်းစု

Nederlands stam

Polski gromada typ

Português filo

Română încrengătură

Русский отдел тип

Slovenčina kmeň

Slovenščina deblo

Српски deblo tip колено тип

Svenska provins stam

ไทย ไฟลัม

Türkçe dal filum şube

Українська ві́дділ тип

Tiếng Việt ngành

Examples

“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. The discovery of an organism so unusual that it needs its own phylum is an extremely rare event.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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