Tax"el (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American badger.
||Tax`e*op"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; (?) + -poda.] (Paleon.)
||An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.
||
Tax"er (?), n. 1. One who taxes.
2. One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread,
and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed. [Camb.
Univ., Eng.] [Written also taxor.]
Tax"gath`er*er (?), n. One who collects taxes or revenues. —
Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
Tax"i*arch (?), n. [Gr. &?; and &?;; &?; a division of an army, a
brigade (from &?; to arrange, array) + to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.) An
Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
Milford.
Tax"i*corn (?), n. [L. taxus a yew + cornu a horn: cf. F. taxicorne.]
(Zoöl.) One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennæ are
largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.
Tax`i*der"mic (?), a. [Cf. F. taxidermique.] Of or pertaining to the
art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.
Tax"i*der`mist (?), n. A person skilled in taxidermy.
Tax"i*der`my (?), n. [Gr. ta`xis an arranging, arrangement (fr.
ta`ssein to arrange) + &?; a skin, from &?; to skin: cf. F. taxidermie.
See Tactics, Tear, v. t.] The art of preparing, preserving, and
mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural
appearance, as for cabinets.
Tax"ine (?), n. [L. taxus a yew.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid of
bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew
(Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.
||Tax"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr.
||ta`ssein to arrange.] (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial
||tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing
||it. Dunglison.
||
Tax"less, a. Free from taxation.
Tax*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. ta`xis arrangement + -logy.] (Biol.) Same as
Taxonomy.
Tax`o*nom"ic (tks`*nm"k), a. Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or
the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.
Tax*on"o*mist (tks*n"*mst), n. One skilled in taxonomy.
Tax*on"o*my (-m), n. [Gr. ta`xis an arrangement, order + no`mos a law.]
That division of the natural sciences which treats of the
classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of
classification.
Tax"or (?), n. [NL.] Same as Taxer, n., 2.
Tax"pay`er (?), n. One who is assessed and pays a tax.
Tay"ra (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American
carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and
thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet. [Written
also taira.]