A group or category used in the taxonomic and/or phylogenic classification of organisms. A phylum is composed of one or more classes. In the classification of plants the category division is often use [..]

The highest group as far as the plant and animal kingdoms are concerned

"division of the plant or animal kingdom," 1868, Modern Latin, coined by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) from Greek phylon "race, [..]

grouping that divides organisms by body plan: its symmetry, segments, and limbs.

One of the not so essential gardening terms used for any large subdivision of the plant or animal kingdom. pinching:

A taxonomic rank below Kingdom but above Class. See: division

 One of the not so essential gardening terms used for any large subdivision of the plant or animal kingdom.

one of the seven taxonomic ranks used to classify living organisms. Phylum is positioned after Kingdom and before Class. Read more on: Phylum

with regard to biological taxonomy, a primary subsector of a kingdom, composed of a set of alike, corresponding classes.

The next order of classification after Kingdom. Birds belong to the phylum,

Level of scientific classification; below Kingdom and above Class

One of the highest levels of taxonomic classification. See taxon

One of the highest levels of taxonomic classification. See taxon

in classification, a group of closely related classes

 - second largest classification group; between kingdom and class. physical change

(n) (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related(n) (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

In the Linnaean classification the taxonomic rank between kingdom and class, and hence one of the highest levels of taxonomic classification, used to define major groups of organisms; e.g. molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms, chordates. Phyla can be thought of as groupings of animals based on a shared general body plan. What this means is that despit [..]

a category used in biological classification, below Kingdom level and above Class level.

(more than one = phyla) - The second largest group that scientists classify living things into. Each Kingdom (Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protist, Moneran) is split into phyla. Example: The Chordate Phylum [..]

This is one of the categories used in the biological classification of organisms and is ranked below kingdom and above class. It is a scientific hierarchy used to help arrange similar types of organisms together. For example, members of the genus known as Lactobacilli belong to the Firmicutes phylum. 

A series of animals or plants genetically connected by one or more fundamental characteristics that set them apart from all other animals and plants and forming a primary category of the animal or [..]

A major division in animal classification (below Kingdom and above Class).

See biological classification

This is one of the categories used in the biological classification of organisms and is ranked below kingdom and above class. It is a scientific hierarchy used to help arrange similar types of organis [..]

the taxonomic group below kingdom and above class