phylum
门类,门门类,门门类类
Definitions
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plural phy·la [fahy-luh]. /ˈfaɪ lə/.
- : Biology. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan.
- : Linguistics. a category consisting of language stocks that, because of cognates in vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin.Compare stock.
Examples
“It’s twofold interesting — it’s a new phylum and a new metabolism,” says Luke McKay, a microbial ecologist of extreme environments at Montana State University in Bozeman.
The entire phylum of what they do is called “hedging risk,” not diving into it.
Differentiation within the vertebrate phylum is therefore not uniserial, but takes place in several directions.
The higher animals begin with the twelfth phylum, namely, the Chordata, or vertebrates.
The leech is a fresh-water parasitic invertebrate belonging to the Phylum Annelida.
What applies to the vertebrate phylum applies also to the invertebrate groups.
What evidence is there as to the origin of the bony skeleton in the vertebrate phylum itself?