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taxon vs phylum

phylum vs taxon

taxon and phylum both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
taxon Yes No No No
phylum Yes No No No
As nouns, phylum is a hyponym of taxon; that is, phylum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than taxon:
  • taxon: animal or plant group having natural relations
  • phylum: (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
Other hyponyms of taxon include Adapid, Adapid group, Omomyid, Omomyid group, kingdom, subkingdom, variety, subphylum, superphylum, class, subclass, superclass, order, suborder, superorder, family, superfamily, subfamily, tribe, genus, subgenus, monotype, species, race, subspecies, form, strain, var., variant, type, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, Centrospermae, group Centrospermae, Amentiferae, group Amentiferae, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group.
taxon (noun) phylum (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related
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