taxon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Back-formation from taxonomy. By surface analysis, taxo- + -on.
Meanings
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A 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxa | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| taxons | Number=Plur | proscribed | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nothotaxon · form taxon · eutaxon · orthotaxon · daughter taxon · intrataxon · taxonicity · ichnotaxon · Elvis taxon · taphotaxon · wastebasket taxon · supertaxon · zombie taxon · ootaxon · multitaxon · adelphotaxon · taxonically · palynotaxon · taxonify · morphotaxon · taxonic · intertaxon · Lazarus taxon · parent taxon · parataxon · subtaxon
Hyponyms
supertribe · infratribe · infracohort · nothotaxon · domain · superlegion · subclass · supergenus · subdomain · cohort · series · parvkingdom · infraclass · subkingdom · intertaxon · oogenus · gigafamily · form taxon · Elvis taxon · infrafamily · phylum · intrataxon · adelphotaxon · orthotaxon · sublegion · parataxon · hypoorder · magnorder · hyperfamily · hyperkingdom · multitaxon · epifamily · nanorder · kingdom · infraorder · supercohort · eutaxon · suborder · subspecies · form · subcohort · subvariety · minorder · subrealm · ootaxon · tribe · legion · variety · gigaorder · division · subterclass · species complex · morphotaxon · superclass · subtaxon · infralegion · grandorder · superphylum · mirorder · realm · Lazarus taxon · superkingdom · subgenus · superfamily · microphylum · parvclass · grandfamily · family · order · oofamily · genus · infraphylum · palynotaxon · subphylum · infradivision · subseries · infrakingdom · subsection · group · ichnotaxon · wastebasket taxon · superorder · species · superdivision · megafamily · oospecies · class · supertaxon · subtribe · subdivision · section · parvorder · subfamily
Meronyms
Relateds
:Category:en:Taxonomy · hierarchy · nomenclature · Appendix:Taxonomic names · biology · clade · :Category:mul:Taxonomic names · rank · taxonomy
Synonyms
Translations (28)
ru таксон (taxonomic group) · cmn 分類單元 /分类单元 (taxonomic group) · ja タクソン (taxonomic group) · pt táxon (taxonomic group) · mk таксон (taxonomic group) · gl taxon (taxonomic group) · sh takson (taxonomic group) · eo taksono (taxonomic group) · fr taxon (taxonomic group) · es taxón (taxonomic group) · nl taxon (taxonomic group) · ca tàxon (taxonomic group) · ko 분류군 (taxonomic group) · sv taxon (taxonomic group) · vi đơn vị phân loại (taxonomic group) · sl taksọ̑n (taxonomic group) · bg таксон (taxonomic group) · es taxon (taxonomic group) · cs taxon (taxonomic group) · ar وَحْدَةٌ تَصْنِيفِيَّةٌ (taxonomic group) · fi taksoni (taxonomic group) · gd tacson (taxonomic group) · de Taxon (taxonomic group) · ro taxon (taxonomic group) · ca taxó (taxonomic group) · pl takson (taxonomic group) · sh таксон (taxonomic group) · ja 分類群 (taxonomic group)