sə noun
plural of taxon.
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Taxa
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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taxon (ˈtæksɒn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl taxa | |
| biology any taxonomic group or rank | |
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Medical Dictionary
taxon tax·on (tāk'sŏn')
n. pl. tax·a (tāk'sə)
A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species.
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Science Dictionary
taxon  (tāk'sŏn') Pronunciation Key
Plural taxa A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
taxa
any unit used in the science of biological classification, or taxonomy. Taxa are arranged in a hierarchy from kingdom to subspecies, a given taxon ordinarily including several taxa of lower rank. In the classification of protists, plants, and animals, certain taxonomic categories are universally recognized; in descending order, these are kingdom, phylum (in plants, division), class, order, family, genus, species, and subspecies, or race. Rules for naming the various taxa are the province of biological nomenclature (q.v.).
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Example sentences
The film was already successful with the taxa of the first two.
The two named taxa are predominantly outcrossed and are effectively self-incompatible.
We had several talks on plesiosaurs, including one on inner ears and a few on new taxa.
Though related, these taxa means that the two are not intimately related.
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