Wastebasket taxon

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA 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.

Synonyms

paraphylum series parataxonomist taxonym pseudoorder elvis taxon subsection subspecies subtaxon zombie taxon ootaxon species name

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