taxa
noun/ˈtæksə/
Frequency rank: #14,132 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Groups of organisms given a formal taxonomic name, such as species, genera, or families.
Example sentence
The researcher identified three distinct taxa of insects during the field survey.
Synonyms & related words
More words in ranks 14,101–14,200
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