Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subphylum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: sub-phy-lum
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A taxonomic category below phylum and above class

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English phylum English subphylum From sub- + phylum.

Inflected Forms

subphyla (plural) subphylums (nonstandard, plural)

Questions

What does subphylum mean?: A taxonomic category below phylum and above class
Where does subphylum come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English phylum English subphylum From sub- + phylum.

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