taxodon

[Late Latin tax ( us ) = a badger; suff.- odon.] [TAXIDEA.] Palæont .: A genus of Mustelidæ, with affinities to the Badgers and the Otters, from the Miocene of Western Europe. tăx-ol-o-gỹ, subst. [Gr. taxis =order, arrangement, and logos = a word, a discourse.] The same as TAXONOMY (q. v.). tăx-ô-năm-ic, a. [Eng. taxonom ( y ); -ic.] Pertaining to or involving taxonomy or systematic cla ification. IMG:content-0853.png:[blocks in formation] "We must learn something of the arrangement and cla ification of living beings-i. e., of the science of tax ono my."- St . George Mivart : The Cat , ch. i., § 11. tăx'-or, subst. [Eng. tax, v.; -or.] The same as TAXER, 8. (q. v.).