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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek phylon 'tribe, race'

phylum

 noun
     
phy‧lum plural phyla [countable]
technicalHBH one of the large groups into which scientists divide plants, animals, and languages
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