taxon

American  

[tak-son] / ˈtæk sɒn /

noun

plural

taxa

1. a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.

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taxon British  

/ ˈtæksɒn /

noun

1. biology any taxonomic group or rank

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taxon Scientific  

/ tăk′sŏn′ /

plural

taxa

1. A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species.

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Etymology

Origin of taxon

First recorded in 1945–50; from Greek táx(is) “arranged, put in order” + -on neuter noun ending; taxis ¹, -on ¹

Example Sentences

"When you only have a handful of species that can persist in environments like that, and they're really sensitive to change, those serve as really good sentinel taxa," Adams said.

From Science Daily

"However, even in its early form, this resource rebalances the traditional pathogen focus by consolidating data on salutogenic taxa, their benefits and environmental origins -- and it will advance holistic approaches to environmental and human health."

From Science Daily

"There are also several bones with differing morphology that haven't been investigated before that I'm interested in looking at. These might represent new taxa and offer additional clues about snake evolution."

From Science Daily

"I think our work highlights why and how biologists can bring their human biases to all aspects of biology, which should be of concern for biologists, regardless of their study taxa, moving forward."

From Salon

They add that knowledge of horizontal transfer mechanisms and putative donor taxa might help to design future intercropping strategies that minimize the risk of transfer of effector genes between closely related Fusarium taxa.

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