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taxon

/ˈtæksɒn/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about taxon at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Animal or plant group having natural relations.

Origin

Back-formation from taxonomy. By surface analysis, taxo- + -on.

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