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taxing
taxiplane
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Taxol
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taxonomy
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taxon

tax·on [ ták sòn ] (plural ta·xa [ táksə ] or tax·ons)


noun 
Definition:
 
category of organisms: a group to which organisms are assigned according to the principles of taxonomy, including species, genus, family, order, class, and phylum

[Early 20th century. Back-formation <taxonomy]
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