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phylum

noun
🔊/ˈfaɪləm/
🔊/ˈfaɪləm/
(plural phyla
🔊/ˈfaɪlə/
🔊/ˈfaɪlə/
)
(biology生物)
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  1. a group into which animals, plants, etc. are divided, smaller than a kingdom and larger than a class （生物分类学的）门compare genus
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    Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin from Greek, phulon ‘race’.