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tax·a (tāk'sə)  n. Plural of taxon. |
| tax·on (tāk'sŏn') n. pl. tax·a (tāk'sə) Biology A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species. [New Latin, back formation from taxonomy.] |
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Plural taxa A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species. |
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Language Translation for : taxa
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German:
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Japanese:
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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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