Taxon is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 41 anagrams from letters in taxon (anotx).
1945-50; Greek táx(is) taxis1 + -on neuter noun ending; see -on1
The last specialization is seen in at least one taxon of Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys cherriei costaricensis).
The second entry is the name-combination herein applied to the taxon.
Other entries are first usages, in chronological order, of other names (synonyms) that have been applied to the taxon in question.
Taxol′ogy, the science of classification; taxon′omer, a taxonomist.
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