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taxon
tax·on T0065300 (tăk′sŏn′)n. pl. tax·a (tăk′sə) A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species.
[New Latin, back formation from taxonomy.]taxon (ˈtæksɒn) n, pl taxa (ˈtæksə) (Biology) biology any taxonomic group or rank[C20: back formation from taxonomy]tax•on (ˈtæk sɒn)
n., pl. tax•a (ˈtæk sə) a taxonomic category, as a species or genus. [1945–50; < German (1926), from taxonomy] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | taxon - animal or plant group having natural relationstaxonomic category, taxonomic groupAdapid, Adapid group - extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousinsOmomyid, Omomyid group - extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousinskingdom - the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animaliasubkingdom - (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdombiological group - a group of plants or animalsvariety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany"phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classessubphylum - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a classsuperphylum - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclassclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orderssubclass - (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an ordersuperclass - (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a classorder - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more familiessuborder - (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an ordersuperorder - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclassfamily - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"superfamily - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a familysubfamily - (biology) a taxonomic category below a familytribe - (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamilygenus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more speciessubgenus - (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a speciesmonotype - (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)species - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreedsubspecies, race - (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a speciesvar., variant, strain, form - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms"type - (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxongroup Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta - used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order CycadofilicalesCentrospermae, group Centrospermae - used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order CaryophyllalesAmentiferae, group Amentiferae - used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkinsPhycomycetes, Phycomycetes group - a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems |
Translationstaxon
taxon (pl. taxa), in biology, a term used to denote any group or rank in the classificationclassification,
in biology, the systematic categorization of organisms into a coherent scheme. The original purpose of biological classification, or systematics, was to organize the vast number of known plants and animals into categories that could be named, remembered, and
..... Click the link for more information. of organisms, e.g., class, order, family.Taxon a group of discrete objects related by more or less common properties and characteristics, thereby serving as a basis for assigning the objects to a particular taxonomic category. The identification of a taxon may be based on various properties and characteristics of objects, such as common origin, structure, composition, shape, or function, but the set of properties and characteristics in each case must be necessary and sufficient for the given taxon to occupy a unique place in a system and not intersect other taxa. In dealing with problems of systematics and taxonomy, it is sometimes important to make a clear distinction between the terms “taxon” and “taxonomic category.” A taxon always characterizes a specific set of objects, such as objects in the organic world, units of geographic description, or linguistic units. A taxonomic category reflects only the designation and logical conditions for distinguishing the given level of the hierarchy or organizational ranking of a system. Thus, in biology, where these categories are used most often, the concepts of species, genus, and family belong to the class of taxonomic categories, whereas the Scotch pine and rodents, for example, form taxa. taxon[′tak‚sän] (systematics) A taxonomic group or entity. taxon
taxon [tak´son] (Gr.) 1. a particular taxonomic grouping, e.g., a particular species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, or kingdom.2. the name applied to a taxonomic grouping.tax·on, pl. tax·a (tak'son, tak'să), The name given to a particular level or grouping in a systematic classification of living things or organisms (taxonomy). [G. taxis, order, arrangement, + -on] taxon (tăk′sŏn′)n. pl. taxa (tăk′sə) A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species.tax·on, pl. taxa (tak'son, -să) The name given to a particular level or grouping in a systematic classification of living things or organisms (taxonomy). [G. taxis, order, arrangement, + -on]taxon Any group of organisms constituting one of the formal categories of classification, such as a phylum, class, order, family, genus, or species. See also TAXONOMY.taxon (pl. taxa) any grouping within the CLASSIFICATION of organisms, such as SPECIES, GENUS, ORDER, etc.TAXON
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taxon
Related to taxon: derived characterSynonyms for taxonnoun animal or plant group having natural relationsSynonyms- taxonomic category
- taxonomic group
Related Words- Adapid
- Adapid group
- Omomyid
- Omomyid group
- kingdom
- subkingdom
- biological group
- variety
- phylum
- subphylum
- superphylum
- class
- subclass
- superclass
- order
- suborder
- superorder
- family
- superfamily
- subfamily
- tribe
- genus
- subgenus
- monotype
- species
- subspecies
- race
- var.
- variant
- strain
- form
- type
- group Pteridospermae
- group Pteridospermaphyta
- Pteridospermae
- Pteridospermaphyta
- Centrospermae
- group Centrospermae
- Amentiferae
- group Amentiferae
- Phycomycetes
- Phycomycetes group
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