taxon

Back-formation from taxonomy.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtæk.sɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtæk.sɑn/

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taxon (plural taxa or (proscribed) taxons)

1. (taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:taxon

• taxon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Axton

An internationalism, representing a back-formation from taxonomie.

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taxon n (plural taxa or taxons)

1. (taxonomy) taxon

• IPA^(key): /tak.sɔ̃/

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taxon m (plural taxons)

1. (taxonomy) taxon

Borrowed from French taxon.

taxon m (plural taxoni)

1. (taxonomy) taxon

taxon m (plural táxones)

1. Alternative form of taxón

• “taxon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28