n, pl  taxa  also  tax*ons  1  :  a taxonomic group or entity  2  :  the name applied to a taxonomic group in a formal system of nomenclature .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  di·ox·ane  di·ox·in  tox·in 
 
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