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taxon

Pronunciation:  'taksun

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  animal or plant group having natural relations
 
 Synonyms: taxonomic group
 
 See Also: Adapid, Adapid group, Amentiferae, biological group, Centrospermae, class, family, form, genus, group Amentiferae, group Centrospermae, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, kingdom, monotype, Omomyid, Omomyid group, order, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group, phylum, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, race, species, strain, subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subphylum, subspecies, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superphylum, tribe, type, var., variant

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A group or category, at any level, in a system for classifying plants or animals.
 
 Synonyms: plural: taxa
 

 

 

Glossary
 
 Definition: a group of organisms at any level of the taxonomic hierarchy. The major taxa are the species and genus and the higher taxa, including the family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.
 

 

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