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Phylum Pronunciation
Phylum is pronounced FY-luhm, IPA /ˈfaɪləm/.
FY-luhm
US /ˈfaɪləm/ · UK /ˈfaɪləm/
Syllables: FY · luhm (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A major division used to classify living things, ranking below kingdom.
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Phylum in a Sentence
- Insects and crabs sit in the same phylum as spiders.
- The textbook works down from phylum to class to order.
- A new phylum is almost never proposed these days.
Common Mispronunciations of Phylum
Not FI-luhm
This y carries the eye sound of my, so the word opens exactly like file.
Not fy-LUHM
Nothing at the back of the word is pushed; the whole of it rides on FY.
Tip: The plural is phyla, FY-luh, straight from the Greek original.
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