Meaning of TAXON

Pronunciation:			'taksun
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  animal or plant group having natural relations
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	Synonyms:		taxonomic group
	See Also:		Adapid, Adapid group, Amentiferae, biological group, Centrospermae, class, family, form, genus, group Amentiferae, group Centrospermae, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, kingdom, monotype, Omomyid, Omomyid group, order, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group, phylum, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, race, species, strain, subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subphylum, subspecies, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superphylum, tribe, type, var., variant
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		A group or category, at any level, in a system for classifying plants or animals.
Glossary
	Definition:		a group of organisms at any level of the taxonomic hierarchy. The major taxa are the species and genus and the higher taxa, including the family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.