phylum

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And the only species in that phylum is the simplest animal of them all, Trichoplax adhaerens.

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  1. noun Biology A primary division of a kingdom, as of the animal kingdom, ranking next above a class in size. See Table at taxonomy.
  2. noun Linguistics A large division of possibly genetically related families of languages or linguistic stocks.

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  • Fara Oussemitski was a creature of another ... well, phylum, he thought, since the word was in his head. —  FSF,January2008
  • The product of another transformed phylum, this was a chondrichthyan, a distant relation of a shark. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Any nervous system complicated enough to operate the various homeostatic processes that are involved in upper-phylum life is too complicated to withstand this constant barrage of fear and trembling. —  Starborne
  • Platyhelminths - Also known as flatworms, members of this phylum are flattened, soft-bodied invertebrates ranging in size from microscopic to more than 50 feet (15 meters) in length.
  • Most species that belong to this phylum are parasitic, some of which parasitize animals and humans.
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  1. New Latin phȳlum, from Greek phūlon, class; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek φῦλον, φυλή, a tribe: see phyle.
 

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