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taxon
- /ˈtæksɒn/ UK
- /ˈtæksən/ UK
- /ˈtæksɑn/ US
Where it comes from
Back-formation from taxonomy. By surface analysis, taxo- + -on.
noun taxa · taxons
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A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.
However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling.
Similar: taxon
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noun taxonomic group
| Español | taxón, taxon |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 분류군 bullyugun |
| 日本語 | 分類群 bunruigun, タクソン takuson |
| 中文 | 分類單元 /分类单元 fēnlèi dānyuán |
| Português | táxon |
| Français | taxon |
| Deutsch | Taxon |
| Română | taxon |
| Русский | таксон takson |
| Tiếng Việt | đơn vị phân loại |
| العربية | وَحْدَةٌ تَصْنِيفِيَّةٌ waḥdatun taṣnīfiyyatun |
Talk about this word "taxon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taxon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. taxon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taxon "taxon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taxon.Cite this
@misc{taxon_2026,
title = {taxon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taxon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
