Phylum Illustrations
Phylumnoun
(taxonomy) 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
‘Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.’;
Genusnoun
(taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
‘All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.’; ‘Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.’; ‘There are only two genera and species of seadragons.’;
Phylumnoun
(linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.
Genusnoun
A group with common attributes.
Phylumnoun
One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.
Genusnoun
A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
Phylumnoun
A series of animals or plants genetically connected.
Genusnoun
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
Phylumnoun
(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
Genusnoun
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
Phylumnoun
(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
Genusnoun
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
Phylumnoun
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to the division in botany.
Genusnoun
a general kind of something;
‘ignore the genus communism’;
Phylumnoun
a group of languages related to each other less closely than those forming a family, especially one in which the relationships are unclear.
Genusnoun
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
Phylum
In biology, a phylum (; plural: phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. Traditionally, in botany the term division has been used instead of phylum, although the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants accepts the terms as equivalent.
Genusnoun
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo.
Genusnoun
(in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds.
Genus
Genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.
