Definitions for taxa

taxa tax·a

Spelling: [tak-suh]
IPA: /ˈtæk sə/

Taxa is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in taxa (aatx).

Definitions for taxa

noun

  1. plural of taxon.
  2. a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.

Origin of taxa

1945-50; Greek táx(is) taxis1 + -on neuter noun ending; see -on1

Examples for taxa

Each of these taxa is retained as a subgenus of a single genus, Orthogeomys.

Calls of all five taxa were compared in several characteristics, of which three are deemed most significant systematically.

Thus, due to Cochran and Goin's confusion of two taxa, their comparisons of certain specimens with types has little meaning.

Three are monotypic and the fourth has three subspecies, making a total of six taxa.

A considerable amount of variation in this parameter was found in all of the taxa (Table 5).

Our findings substantiate Goin's suggestions relative to two other taxa.

taxa preceded by an asterisk are included in the present paper.

Word Value for taxa
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11

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