Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phylum

2 senses of phylum

Sense 1
phylum -- ((linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related)
       => social group -- (people sharing some social relation)

Sense 2
phylum -- ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
       => taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon -- (animal or plant group having natural relations)