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

Sounds like: filum

Derived forms: phyla

Type of: social group, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

Part of: kingdom

Encyclopedia: Phylum

• Colbert butter
• Colchicaceae
• colchicia
• colchicine
• Colchicum
• Colchicum autumnale
• Colchis
• cold
• cold boot
• cold call
• cold calling
• cold cash
• cold cathode
• cold cereal
• cold chisel
• cold comfort
• cold cuts
• cold duck
• cold feet
• cold fish
• cold frame
• cold front
• cold fusion
• cold gangrene
• cold medicine