taxa

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A form of taxon — A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.

OriginAncient Greek -ον →
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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of taxon

    Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-ον
  2. Englishtaxa

The plural form of taxon, formed according to the Ancient Greek -ον (-on) → -α (-a) pluralisation pattern.

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APA

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