taxon

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Etymology [edit]

Back-formation from taxonomy.

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Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia taxon (plural taxa)

  1. (taxonomy) Any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies
  2. (taxonomy) A specific taxonomic category above superfamily and below infraorder; a parvorder

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