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form taxon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
for-m -tax-on
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at some rank with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be a grouping based on similar morphological characteristics, rather than more extensive biological similarity.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

form taxa (plural)

Phrases

form class form genus

Frequently Paired Words

form class form genus

Questions

What does form taxon mean?
A collection of organisms that is given formal recognition at some rank with a taxonomic name, but which is known to be a grouping based on similar morphological characteristics, rather than more extensive biological similarity.

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