wastebasket taxon
wastebasket taxon · wastebasket taxa
A taxon that exists only to classify organisms that do not fit anywhere else, being…A taxon that exists only to classify organisms that do not fit anywhere else, being either paraphyletic or polyphyletic and therefore not considered valid under modern rules of taxonomy.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)A taxon that exists only to classify organisms that do not fit anywhere else, being either paraphyletic or polyphyletic and therefore not considered valid under modern rules of taxonomy.
Forms
plural: wastebasket taxa| Singular | wastebasket taxon |
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irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddumping ground
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular