Taxon Definition

tăksŏn
taxa
noun
taxa
A taxonomic category or unit, as a species or family.
Webster's New World
For a full list of taxa, see under taxonomy.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • taxonomic category
  • taxonomic group

Other Word Forms of Taxon

Noun

Singular:
taxon
Plural:
taxa, taxons

Origin of Taxon

  • New Latin back formation from taxonomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from taxonomy.

    From Wiktionary

Taxon Sentence Examples

  • Two taxon concepts can thus be compared by examining their specimen content.

  • The taxon circumscription that these publications provide is therefore usually limited to a geographic area.

  • For each taxon, full synonymy can be kept, along with an unlimited number of common names in different languages.

  • Chart summary by taxon group This shows a graphical summary of the number of species recorded for each taxon group This shows a graphical summary of the number of species recorded for each taxonomic group.

  • Taxon sampling affects the relative rate estimate, with comparisons involving more closely related taxa resulting in a higher estimate.

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Words Starting With

TTATAX

Words Ending With

NONXON

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