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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taxon /ˈtaksɒn/

▶noun (pl. taxa /ˈtaksə/) Biology a taxonomic group of any rank.

– origin 1920s: back-form. from taxonomy.

'taxon' also found in these Oxford entries:

cline - -oid - taxa - thallophyte

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