Crossword clues for phylum
phylum
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phylum \Phy"lum\, n.; pl. Phyla. [NL. See Phylon.]
(Zo["o]l.) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.
(Biol.) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"division of the plant or animal kingdom," 1868, Modern Latin, coined by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) from Greek phylon "race, stock," related to phyle "tribe, clan" (see physic). The immediate source of the English word probably is from German.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context biology taxonomy English) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank 2 (context linguistics English) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.
WordNet
n. (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
[also: phyla (pl)]
Wikipedia
In biology, a phylum (; plural: phyla) is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division was used instead of "phylum", although from 1993 the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants accepted the designation "phylum". The kingdom Animalia contains approximately 35 phyla, Plantae contains 12, and Fungi contains 7. Current research in phylogenetics is uncovering the relationships between phyla, which are contained in larger clades, like Ecdysozoa and Embryophyta.
Usage examples of "phylum".
So it was that the Keepers of the Faith and the bedels gathered, and it was revealed to them by the Holy that there must be banns to control the relationship between the phyla.
Caria City, where the great houses are even now selling our very planet to the Outsiders and their masculinist Phylum .
My order requires that a peripatetic appreciate all he or she sees, on any Phylum world.
Teeth, during Farsun Week, reached a climax today when the Planetary Prosecutor presented charges against fourteen individuals allegedly responsible for the abduction of Renna Aarons, Peripatetic Emissary from the Hominid Phylum.
The capture of Batalix by the supergiant was only an event of the first magnitude and not a catastrophe for Helliconian life, although it was catastrophic for many phyla and many individuals.
The four strangers were seated together in positions of honor in the circle of the eight sachems of the Aberdeen Phylum.
Perhaps if her collection included species from Phylum Arthropoda rather than the tediously inelegant Mammalia, I might find it of some small value.
The Phylum Chordata is divided into four subphyla, of which three are represented today by primitive creatures that are not very successful in the scheme of life.
An organism of the invertebrate phylum Cnidaria, a group of about nine thousand species including jellyfish, corals, and anemones.
Chordata, and we developed directly from the phylum Echinodermata, or the starfish.
And the phylum Echinodermata she left far behind, left the starfishes, the sea urchins, and their allies to grope in peace in the dark water of the sea.
Phylum nematoda, roundworm, and it belongs to the subclass Dracunculoidea.
The meeting of the Dail, of all the Phyla of the Loch Confederation, would still only represent this immediate region.
Even should we wish to grant them to you, the other phyla would hardly agree.
That none of these phyla, or whatever you call them, will sign over their mineral rights?