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taxon (tak′sän′)

noun pl. taxa tax′·a (-sə)

a taxonomic category or unit, as a species or family

Etymology: back-form. < taxonomy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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