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noun(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classestype of:
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noun(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically relatedtype of:
Synonyms & Similar Words
division chordata porifera protozoa coelenterata ctenophora mollusca arthropoda taxonomic category taxon taxonomic group bryozoa cephalochordata chaetognatha cnidaria craniata cryptophyta cycliophora echinodermata ectoprocta endoprocta entoprocta nematoda nemertea nemertina pentastomida phoronida phoronidea phylum acanthocephala phylum annelida phylum arthropoda phylum aschelminthes phylum brachiopoda phylum bryozoa phylum chaetognatha phylum chordata phylum cnidaria phylum coelenterata phylum cryptophyta phylum ctenophora phylum cycliophora phylum echinodermata phylum ectoprocta phylum entoprocta phylum mollusca phylum nematoda phylum nemertea phylum nemertina phylum phoronida phylum platyhelminthes phylum pogonophora phylum porifera phylum protozoa phylum pyrrophyta phylum rotifera phylum sipuncula platyhelminthes pogonophora polyzoa pyrrophyta rotifera sipuncula vertebrata annelida aschelminthes brachiopoda subphylum vertebrata tunicata urochorda urochordata acanthocephala subphylum cephalochordata subphylum craniata subphylum pentastomida subphylum tunicata subphylum urochorda subphylum urochordata social group