English Explanatory Dictionary

wastebasket taxon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

wastebasket taxon wastebasket taxa

Related words

dumping ground
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