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Phylum

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a major taxonomic rank of biological classification, below kingdom
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Stage 1 of 2
phylon
Greek · ancient
"a tribe, a race"
a tribe, a race, a class of things sharing common descent
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Stage 2 of 2
phylum
English · 1870
"a major taxonomic classification of organisms"
adopted by biologists as a major taxonomic classification
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