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wastebasket taxon
Noun
informal
Japanese Meaning
他の明確な分類群に当てはまらない生物をまとめるために設定された、いわゆる「ごみ箱」的な分類群。近代の厳密な分類基準では、有効な分類群とみなされない（非公式・暫定的なグループ）。
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(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.
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wastebasket taxon
For years, that group of obscure fossils was treated as a wastebasket taxon until molecular studies showed it was polyphyletic.
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For years, that group of obscure fossils was treated as a wastebasket taxon until molecular studies showed it was polyphyletic.
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