As nouns the difference between taxon and caxon
is that taxon is (taxonomy) any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies while caxon is (obsolete) a kind of wig.
taxon
English
Noun
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wikipedia taxon)
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taxa)
(taxonomy) Any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies
For a full list of taxa, see under taxonomy
Derived terms
* morphotaxon
* supertaxon, supertaxa
* subtaxon, subtaxa
* taxonic
* taxonically
* taxonicity