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Taxon

//ˈtæksɑn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms treated as a unit by taxonomists.
  2. 2
    animal or plant group having natural relations wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from taxonomy. By surface analysis, taxo- + -on.

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