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分類群 (ぶんるいぐん, bunruigun) Japanese meaning: taxon | Kotomora

分ぶん類るい群ぐん

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Meanings

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taxon

A biological term for any taxonomic group, such as a species, genus, family, or order.

この分ぶん類るい群ぐんには多おおくの種しゅが含ふくまれ

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This taxon includes many species.

Kanji

分part, minute of time, segment
類sort, kind, variety
群flock, group, crowd

Related words

分ぶん類るい
分類 means 'classification' in general, while 分類群 specifically refers to a taxonomic group in biology.

Built from

分ぶん類るい+群ぐん

Etymology

Compound of 分類 (classification) and 群 (group). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern biological taxonomy.