Wastebasket-taxon Definition

noun

(informal) A taxon that exists only to classify organisms that do not fit anywhere else, being either paraphyletic or polyphyletic and therefore not considered valid under modern rules of taxonomy.

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Noun

Singular:
wastebasket-taxon
Plural:
wastebasket taxa

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