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    TAXON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Animal or plant group having natural relationsplay

    Synonyms:

    taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("taxon" is a kind of...):

    biological group (a group of plants or animals)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taxon"):

    Phycomycetes; Phycomycetes group (a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems)

    Amentiferae; group Amentiferae (used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins)

    Centrospermae; group Centrospermae (used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales)

    group Pteridospermae; group Pteridospermaphyta; Pteridospermae; Pteridospermaphyta (used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales)

    type ((biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon)

    form; strain; var.; variant ((biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups)

    race; subspecies ((biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species)

    species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

    monotype ((biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus))

    subgenus ((biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species)

    genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)

    tribe ((biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily)

    subfamily ((biology) a taxonomic category below a family)

    superfamily ((biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family)

    family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

    superorder ((biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass)

    suborder ((biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order)

    order ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families)

    superclass ((biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class)

    subclass ((biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order)

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    superphylum ((biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass)

    subphylum ((biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class)

    phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

    variety ((biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics)

    subkingdom ((biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom)

    kingdom (the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia)

    Omomyid; Omomyid group (extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins)

    Adapid; Adapid group (extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins)

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