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| tax·on [ ták sòn ] (plural ta·xa [ táksə ] or tax·ons) |
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category of organisms: a group to which organisms are assigned according to the principles of taxonomy, including species, genus, family, order, class, and phylum
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| [Early 20th century. Back-formation <taxonomy] |
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