Order and Phylum

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Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Phylum and order are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Phylum" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

Phylum noun - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes.

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Order and phylum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Order" instead a noun "Phylum".

Describing a newly discovered and radically unusual life form as "a completely new order of life": Kingdom or phylum or even domain would probably be more accurate.

Source: Taxonomic Term Confusion
Also, Grasshopper provides this little gem:Grasshopper: You are a disgrace to your order, class, phylum, genus, and species!

Source: Literature / James and the Giant Peach
Use of family when phylum ("the worm family"), class ("the insect family"), order ("the bat family"), genus ("the weasel family") or species ("the chicken family") would be more accurate.

Source: Taxonomic Term Confusion

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