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The American badger.

An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

One who taxes.

One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.

An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. Milford.

One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennæ are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals.

A person skilled in taxidermy.

The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.

A poisonous alkaloid of bitter taste extracted from the leaves and seeds of the European yew (Taxus baccata). Called also taxia.C35H47NO10

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. Dunglison.

Free from taxation.

Same as Taxonomy.

Pertaining to, or involving, taxonomy, or the laws and principles of classification; classificatory.

One skilled in taxonomy.

That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.

Same as Taxer, n., 2.

One who is assessed and pays a tax.

A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700º to 850º C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 370º and 670º C., and cooled in air.…

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.]