taxonn.

Brit.

/ˈtaksɒn/, U.S.

/ˈtækˌsɑn/

Inflections: Plural taxa, taxons.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Taxon.

Etymology: < German Taxon (A. Meyer Logik der Morphologie (1926) 127) < tax- (in Taxonomie taxonomy n.) + -on -on suffix¹.

Chiefly Biology.

A taxonomic group or unit, esp. when its rank in the taxonomic hierarchy is not specified. Also figurative.

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the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun]

group1794

taxon1929

nodum1955

1929 Sci. Monthly Feb. 107/2 Such conceptions as the ‘species’, or ‘taxon’ in taxonomy.

1948 Minutes Utrecht Conf. 14 June in Chronica Botanica (1950) 12 12 In order to simplify the wording of the Rules, it is proposed to indicate a taxonomic group of any rank with the term taxon (plural taxa).

1961 Watsonia 5 68 Many infraspecific taxa [of Trifolium repens] have been described for wild populations.

1980 Dædalus Spring 85 A Renaissance similitude (biblical giants) eventually converted into an Enlightenment taxon (species-giants).

2007 M. Fernández in Z. Gasparini et al. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles xi. 271 Anatomical changes of this taxon include streamlined bodies..and a dorsal fin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	taxon
释义	taxonn. Brit. /ˈtaksɒn/, U.S. /ˈtækˌsɑn/ Inflections: Plural taxa, taxons. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Taxon. Etymology: < German Taxon (A. Meyer Logik der Morphologie (1926) 127) < tax- (in Taxonomie taxonomy n.) + -on -on suffix¹. Chiefly Biology. A taxonomic group or unit, esp. when its rank in the taxonomic hierarchy is not specified. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun] group1794 taxon1929 nodum1955 1929 Sci. Monthly Feb. 107/2 Such conceptions as the ‘species’, or ‘taxon’ in taxonomy. 1948 Minutes Utrecht Conf. 14 June in Chronica Botanica (1950) 12 12 In order to simplify the wording of the Rules, it is proposed to indicate a taxonomic group of any rank with the term taxon (plural taxa). 1961 Watsonia 5 68 Many infraspecific taxa [of Trifolium repens] have been described for wild populations. 1980 Dædalus Spring 85 A Renaissance similitude (biblical giants) eventually converted into an Enlightenment taxon (species-giants). 2007 M. Fernández in Z. Gasparini et al. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles xi. 271 Anatomical changes of this taxon include streamlined bodies..and a dorsal fin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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