taxon Definition
taxon (tak′sän′)
noun pl. tax′·a-sə
a taxonomic category or unit, as a species or family
Etymology: back-form. < taxonomy
taxon Usage Examples
Converse of object
- threaten: An estimated 176 waterfowl taxa are held in captivity in the British Isles including 40 of the threatened taxa.
- describe: The vast majority of taxa described are also illustrated with diagnostic line drawings.
- relate: Taxon sampling affects the relative rate estimate, with comparisons involving more closely related taxa resulting in a higher estimate.
- define: User interfaces to this database allow searches for proteins containing specific combinations of domains in defined taxa.
- identify: The results of all these studies will be used to identify the most promising taxa for more detailed future evaluation in longer-term feeding trials.
- record: A review was made of the validity and identification criteria for all taxa recorded from Indochina, based on herbarium and field work.
Adjective modifier
- infraspecific: Not all infraspecific taxa are included; no attempt has been made to be complete.
- endemic: Lake Prespa is rich with 24 endemic taxa, 13 fish species, six of which are endemic.
- invertebrate: Thirty-six invertebrate taxa found in the Indian Ocean sites overlap with taxa previously known only to live in the Pacific.
- sensitive: The ratio of disturbance sensitive taxa to insensitive taxa shows no signs of alteration from undisturbed levels.
- related: However, to save space, notes and lists of related taxa are only included in the English pages.
- different: The ratios of different taxa within the context classes are given in Figs.
Modifies a noun
- concept: Two taxon concepts can thus be compared by examining their specimen content.
- name: The search forms are set up to permit searches for taxon names or specimens.
- group: Chart summary by taxon group This shows a graphical summary of the number of species recorded for each taxonomic group.
- list: Taxon lists show number of differences from specimen in parentheses.
Noun used with modifier
- zooplankton: The number of zooplankton taxa in the autumn was significantly higher than in other years.
- cereal: The compositional trends are very marked at Tell Brak with certain cereal taxa dominating the assemblages.
- plant: The approach has been applied to about 2000 plant taxa in the UK.
- terminal: A morphological character matrix was compiled for the fifteen terminal taxa.
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