名詞 phylum:

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

1. The mollusc phylum includes all soft-bodied animals without backbones.
   軟體動物門包括所有無脊椎的軟體動物。

phy.lum

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 phy.la[-l…]
Biology A primary division of a kingdom, as of the animal kingdom, ranking next above a class in size.See table at taxonomy
【生物學】 動物分類的門：界的一個基本分支，如動物界的，在范圍上大于綱參見 taxonomy
Linguistics A large division of possibly genetically related families of languages or linguistic stocks.
【語言學】 語群：可能遺傳上有關系的語系或語族的一個大分支

來源：
New Latin
現(xiàn)代拉丁語
from Greek phulon [class] * see bheu…-
源自 希臘語 phulon [綱，類別] *參見 bheu…-