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Kingdoms vs Phylum - What's the difference?

kingdoms | phylum |

As nouns the difference between kingdoms and phylum

is that kingdoms is while phylum is (biology|taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank.

kingdoms

English

Noun

(head)

    • phylum

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
    • Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.
  • (linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of languages) superstock

    Derived terms

    * subphylum * superphylum English nouns with irregular plurals ----