Meanings
nountaxon (plural taxa or (proscribed) taxons)
plural taxa · plural proscribed taxons
- biologyA group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.
However, we also performed analyses after excluding solitary taxa to check the robustness of the reconstructions to variation in taxon sampling.
2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounanimal or plant group having natural relations
Similar
taxonomic grouptaxonomic category
Broader
biological group
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from taxonomy. By surface analysis, taxo- + -on.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic وَحْدَةٌ تَصْنِيفِيَّةٌ
- وَحْدَةٌ تَصْنِيفِيَّةٌ (waḥdatun taṣnīfiyyatun)taxonomic group
Bulgarian таксон
- таксон (takson)taxonomic group
Catalan tàxon, taxó
- tàxontaxonomic group
- taxótaxonomic group
Chinese Mandarin 分類單元 /分类单元
- 分類單元 /分类单元 (fēnlèi dānyuán)taxonomic group
Czech taxon
- taxontaxonomic group
Dutch taxon
- taxontaxonomic group
Esperanto taksono
- taksonotaxonomic group
Finnish taksoni
- taksonitaxonomic group
French taxon
- taxontaxonomic group
German Taxon
- Taxontaxonomic group
Japanese 分類群, タクソン
- 分類群 (bunruigun)taxonomic group
- タクソン (takuson)taxonomic group
Korean 분류군
- 분류군 (bullyugun)taxonomic group
Polish takson
- taksontaxonomic group
Portuguese táxon
- táxontaxonomic group
Romanian taxon
- taxontaxonomic group
Russian таксон
- таксон (takson)taxonomic group
Scottish Gaelic tacson
- tacsontaxonomic group
Spanish taxón, taxon
- taxóntaxonomic group
- taxontaxonomic group
Swedish taxon
- taxontaxonomic group
Vietnamese đơn vị phân loại
- đơn vị phân loạitaxonomic group
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
taxon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxon
MLA
“taxon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taxon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxon.
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