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Definition of: phylum
(fī′ləm) noun plural ·la (-lə) Biol.
A great division of animals or plants ranking next below a kingdom and above a class, of which the members are believed to have a common evolutionary ancestor. [<NL <Gk. phylon a race <phyein produce]
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