taxon

taxon — * * * taxon [ taksɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1964; du gr. taxis → taxi ♦ Biol. Unité formelle représentée par un groupe d organismes, à chaque niveau de la classification (⇒ cladogramme). Taxon de rang spécifique, de rang familial. Des taxons. * * * ● taxon ou …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Taxon — Tax on (t[a^]ks [o^]n), n.; pl. {taxa} or {taxons}. a taxonomic group, or the name of a taxonomic grouping. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

taxon — 1> спец. таксон (систематическая группа любой категории); класс систематики 2> биол. таксономический …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

taxon — taxon. См. таксон. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

Taxon — Als Taxon (das, Plural: Taxa; zu griechisch τάξις táxis ‚(An )Ordnung, Rang’) bezeichnet man in der Biologie eine als systematische Einheit erkannte Gruppe von Lebewesen. Meist drückt sich diese Systematik auch durch einen eigenen Namen für… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Taxon — En taxinomie, un taxon (du grec τάξις / taxis, « placement », « mise en ordre ». Pluriel grec : taxa ; pluriel français : taxons) est une entité conceptuelle qui est censée regrouper tous les organismes vivants… …   Wikipédia en Français

Taxon — A taxon (plural taxa), or taxonomic unit, is a name designating an organism or a group of organisms. In biological nomenclature according to Carl Linnaeus, a taxon is assigned a taxonomic rank and can be placed at a particular level in a… …   Wikipedia

taxon — (plural taxa)) any taxonomic unit (named or not) or category such as a family, genus, or species. It includes all taxa of lower rank and all individual organisms. A nominal taxon is the taxon, as objectively defined by its type, to which any… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

taxon — /tak son/, n., pl. taxa /tak seuh/. a taxonomic category, as a species or genus. [1945 50; < Gk táx(is) TAXIS1 + on neut. n. ending; see ON1] * * * ▪ biology plural  Taxa,         any unit used in the science of biological classification, or… …   Universalium

taxon — noun (plural taxa; also taxons) Etymology: New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary taxonomy Date: 1929 1. a taxonomic group or entity 2. the name applied to a taxonomic group in a formal system of nomenclature …   New Collegiate Dictionary