taxon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
taxon
    n 1: animal or plant group having natural relations [syn:
         {taxonomic group}, {taxonomic category}, {taxon}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Taxon \Tax"on\ (t[a^]ks"[o^]n), n.; pl. {taxa} or {taxons}.
   a taxonomic group, or the name of a taxonomic grouping.
   [PJC]
    

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