What does "taxon" mean?

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

Taxon

Common synonyms include: taxonomic group, abronia, acherontia, afrocarpus, animal classification, animal species.

/ˈtæksɑn/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

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

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