1. (noun) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

• acanthocephala
• phylum acanthocephala
• annelida
• phylum annelida
• arthropoda
• phylum arthropoda
• aschelminthes
• nematoda
• phylum aschelminthes
• phylum nematoda
• brachiopoda
• phylum brachiopoda
• bryozoa
• phylum bryozoa
• polyzoa
• cephalochordata
• subphylum cephalochordata
• chaetognatha
• phylum chaetognatha
• chordata
• phylum chordata
• cnidaria
• coelenterata
• phylum cnidaria
• phylum coelenterata
• craniata
• subphylum craniata
• subphylum vertebrata
• vertebrata
• cryptophyta
• phylum cryptophyta
• ctenophora
• phylum ctenophora
• cycliophora
• phylum cycliophora
• division
• echinodermata
• phylum echinodermata
• ectoprocta
• phylum ectoprocta
• endoprocta
• entoprocta
• phylum entoprocta
• mollusca
• phylum mollusca
• nemertea
• nemertina
• phylum nemertea
• phylum nemertina
• pentastomida
• subphylum pentastomida
• phoronida
• phoronidea
• phylum phoronida
• phylum platyhelminthes
• platyhelminthes
• phylum pogonophora
• pogonophora
• phylum porifera
• porifera
• phylum protozoa
• protozoa
• phylum pyrrophyta
• pyrrophyta
• phylum rotifera
• rotifera
• phylum sipuncula
• sipuncula
• subphylum tunicata
• subphylum urochorda
• subphylum urochordata
• tunicata
• urochorda
• urochordata

1. (noun) (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

• linguistics

2. (noun) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

• biological science
• biology

1. (noun) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

• class
• subphylum

1. (noun) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

• kingdom

1. (noun) (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related

• social group

2. (noun) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

• taxon
• taxonomic category
• taxonomic group