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phylum

noun
/ˈfaɪləm/

Etymology

From Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, race”).

  1. derived from φῦλον
  2. borrowed from phylum

Definitions

  1. A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class

    A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank

    • Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.

  2. A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not…

    A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.

The neighborhood

Derived

infraphylum, interphylum, intraphylum, macrophylum, monophylum, paraphylum, phylal, subphylum, superphylum

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at phylum. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at phylum. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at phylum

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA