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noun
Phylum  n.  (pl. phyla)  
1.
(Zool.) One of the larger divisions of the animal kingdom; a branch; a grand division.
2.
(Biol.) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.





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"Phylum" Quotes from Famous Books



... among these none is of greater interest and importance than the genealogy of the true Ruminants, or Pecora, which may be traced from the upper Eocene onward. The steps of modification and change are very similar to those through which the camel phylum passed in North America, but it is instructive to note that, despite their many resemblances, the two series can be connected only in their far distant beginnings. The pecoran stock became vastly more expanded and diversified ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others


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