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English

Noun

Any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies
* Full list under taxonomy
A specific taxonomic category above superfamily and below infraorder; a parvorder

Derived terms

supertaxon, supertaxa
subtaxon, subtaxa

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taxon \Tax"on\ (t[a^]ks"[o^]n), n.; pl. taxa or taxons.
a taxonomic group, or the name of a taxonomic grouping.
[PJC]

WordNet taxon
n : animal or plant group having natural relations [syn: {taxonomic
group}, taxonomic category]
[also: taxa (pl)]