phylum
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1. (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group, |
| definition | : | animal or plant group having natural relations (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | phylum pyrrophyta, pyrrophyta, |
| definition | : | a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phylum protozoa, protozoa, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cryptophyta, phylum cryptophyta, |
| definition | : | a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chordata, phylum chordata, |
| definition | : | comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cephalochordata, subphylum cephalochordata, |
| definition | : | lancelets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | subphylum tunicata, subphylum urochorda, subphylum urochordata, tunicata, urochorda, urochordata, |
| definition | : | tunicates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata, |
| definition | : | fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | arthropoda, phylum arthropoda, |
| definition | : | jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pentastomida, subphylum pentastomida, |
| definition | : | tongue worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phylum porifera, porifera, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata, |
| definition | : | hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ctenophora, phylum ctenophora, |
| definition | : | comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acanthocephala, phylum acanthocephala, |
| definition | : | phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chaetognatha, phylum chaetognatha, |
| definition | : | arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes, |
| definition | : | flatworms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | nemertea, nemertina, phylum nemertea, phylum nemertina, |
| definition | : | proboscis worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phylum pogonophora, pogonophora, |
| definition | : | beard worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phylum rotifera, rotifera, |
| definition | : | a phylum including: rotifers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda, |
| definition | : | unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | annelida, phylum annelida, |
| definition | : | segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mollusca, phylum mollusca, |
| definition | : | gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phoronida, phoronidea, phylum phoronida, |
| definition | : | small phylum of wormlike marine animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bryozoa, phylum bryozoa, polyzoa, |
| definition | : | marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ectoprocta, phylum ectoprocta, |
| definition | : | coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | endoprocta, entoprocta, phylum entoprocta, |
| definition | : | sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cycliophora, phylum cycliophora, |
| definition | : | tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | brachiopoda, phylum brachiopoda, |
| definition | : | marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | phylum sipuncula, sipuncula, |
| definition | : | peanut worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | echinodermata, phylum echinodermata, |
| definition | : | radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | division, |
| definition | : | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | subphylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | kingdom, |
| definition | : | the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia (noun.group) |
| domain category | : | biological science, biology, |
| definition | : | the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition) |
2. (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | social group, |
| definition | : | people sharing some social relation (noun.group) |
| domain category | : | linguistics, |
| definition | : | the scientific study of language (noun.cognition) |
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