"taxon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæk.sɒn/ [UK], /ˈtæk.sɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-taxon.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-taxon.wav [US] Forms: taxa [plural], taxons [plural, proscribed]
Etymology: Back-formation from taxonomy. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|taxonomy}} Back-formation from taxonomy Head templates: {{en-noun|taxa|s|pl2qual=proscribed}} taxon (plural taxa or (proscribed) taxons)
  1. (taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Categories (topical): Taxonomy Synonyms: taxon Meronyms: organism Related terms: clade, rank, hierarchy, nomenclature, taxonomy, biology, :Category:en:Taxonomy, :Category:mul:Taxonomic names, Taxonomic names Translations (taxonomic group): وَحْدَةٌ تَصْنِيفِيَّةٌ (waḥdatun taṣnīfiyyatun) [feminine] (Arabic), таксон (takson) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tàxon [masculine] (Catalan), taxó [masculine] (Catalan), taxon [masculine] (Czech), taxon [neuter] (Dutch), taksono (Esperanto), taksoni (Finnish), taxon [masculine] (French), taxon [masculine] (Galician), Taxon [neuter] (German), 分類群 (bunruigun) (Japanese), таксон (takson) [masculine] (Macedonian), takson [masculine] (Polish), táxon [masculine] (Portuguese), taxon [masculine] (Romanian), таксон (takson) [masculine] (Russian), tacson [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), таксон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), takson [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), taksọ̑n [masculine] (Slovene), taxón [masculine] (Spanish), taxon [neuter] (Swedish), đơn vị phân loại (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-taxon-en-noun-QISzwSFN Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Hyponyms: taxon, adelphotaxon, Elvis taxon, eutaxon, form taxon, ichnotaxon, intertaxon, intrataxon, Lazarus taxon, morphotaxon, multitaxon, nothotaxon, ootaxon, orthotaxon, palynotaxon, parataxon, subtaxon, supertaxon, wastebasket taxon, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, subdomain, realm, subrealm, hyperkingdom, superkingdom, subkingdom, infrakingdom, parvkingdom, superphylum, subphylum, infraphylum, microphylum, superclass, subclass, infraclass, subterclass, parvclass, superdivision, division, subdivision, infradivision, superlegion, legion, sublegion, infralegion, supercohort, cohort, subcohort, infracohort, gigaorder, magnorder, grandorder, mirorder, superorder, series, parvorder, nanorder, hypoorder, minorder, suborder, infraorder, section, subsection, gigafamily, megafamily, grandfamily, hyperfamily, superfamily, epifamily, group, subfamily, infrafamily, supertribe, tribe, subtribe, infratribe, supergenus, subgenus, subseries, species complex, subspecies, variety, subvariety, form, oofamily, oogenus, oospecies Derived forms: adelphotaxon, daughter taxon, Elvis taxon, eutaxon, form taxon, ichnotaxon, intertaxon, intrataxon, Lazarus taxon, morphotaxon, multitaxon, nothotaxon, ootaxon, orthotaxon, palynotaxon, parataxon, parent taxon, subtaxon, supertaxon, taxonic, taxonically, taxonicity, taxonify, wastebasket taxon, zombie taxon

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