How to pronounce phylum
American English pronunciation
FY-lum
- IPA
- /ˈfaɪləm/
- Syllables
- FY · lum (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What phylum means
One of the large main groups scientists sort living things into
In a sentence: Insects, spiders and crabs all belong to the same phylum.
Where it comes from: It comes through scientific Latin from a Greek word meaning tribe or race.
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