Usually means: Group of related biological organisms.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History
We found 34 dictionaries that define the word taxon:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. taxon: Merriam-Webster
  2. taxon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. taxon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. taxon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. taxon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Taxon, taxon: Wordnik
  7. taxon: Wiktionary
  8. taxon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. taxon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. taxon: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. taxon, taxon: Dictionary.com
  12. Taxon (biology), Taxon (journal), Taxon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. taxon: Rhymezone
  14. taxon: FreeDictionary.org
  15. taxon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. taxon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taxon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. taxon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  4. taxon: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TAXON: Acronym Finder

Science (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dinosaurs (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Bird On! (No longer online)
  4. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  5. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  6. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  7. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  8. taxon (plural taxa): Evolution Glossary
  9. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  10. taxon: Natural History Terms
  11. Biodiversity (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. taxon (plural taxa): Canadian Soil Information System

(Note: See taxa as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (taxon)

noun:  (taxonomy) A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Words similar to taxon

Usage examples for taxon

Idioms related to taxon

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing taxon

Words that often appear near taxon

Rhymes of taxon

Invented words related to taxon

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux