taxon
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Etymology edit
Back-formation from taxonomy.
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Noun edit
taxon (plural taxa or (proscribed) taxons)
- (taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:taxon
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taxonomic group
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
An internationalism, representing a back-formation from taxonomie.
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French edit
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Noun edit
taxon m (plural taxons)
Romanian edit
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taxon m (plural taxoni)
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Noun edit
taxon m (plural táxones)
- Alternative form of taxón
Further reading edit
- “taxon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014