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What (who) is wastebasket$91207$ - definition

CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS THAT DO NOT FIT IN OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS

Dustbin taxon; Wastebin taxon; Wastebin taxa; Wastebin genus; Wastebasket genus; Catch-all taxon; Waste-basket taxon; Wastebasket taxa; Dustbin taxa; Catch-all taxa; Taxonomic wastebasket; Taxonomic waste-basket

Wastebasket taxon

Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the sole purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else. They are typically defined by either their designated members' often superficial similarity to each other, or their lack of one or more distinct character states or by their not belonging to one or more other taxa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastebasket_taxon

Wastebasket diagnosis

TYPE OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS

Trashcan diagnosis; Trash can diagnosis; Fake diagnosis; Catchall diagnosis; Marthambles; Strong fives; Moon pall

A wastebasket diagnosis or trashcan diagnosis is a vague diagnosis given to a patient or to medical records department for essentially non-medical reasons. It may be given when the patient has an obvious but unidentifiable medical problem, when a doctor wants to reassure an anxious patient about the doctor's belief in the existence of reported symptoms, when a patient pressures a doctor for a label, or when a doctor wants to facilitate bureaucratic approval of treatment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastebasket_diagnosis

Trash (computing)

TEMPORARY STORAGE FOR FILES THAT HAVE BEEN DELETED

Recycle Bin (Windows); Recycle bin (Windows); Recycle.bin; Recycle bin (computing); Trash (computer); $Recycle.Bin; File trash; Trash folder

In computing, the trash is a graphical user interface desktop metaphor for temporary storage for files set aside by the user for deletion, but not yet permanently erased. The concept and name is part of Macintosh operating systems, a similar implementation is called the Recycle Bin in Microsoft Windows, other operating systems use other names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_(computing)

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Wastebasket taxon

Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the sole purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else. They are typically defined by either their designated members' often superficial similarity to each other, or their lack of one or more distinct character states or by their not belonging to one or more other taxa. Wastebasket taxa are by definition either paraphyletic or polyphyletic, and are therefore not considered valid taxa under strict cladistic rules of taxonomy. The name of a wastebasket taxon may in some cases be retained as the designation of an evolutionary grade, however.

The term was coined in a 1985 essay by Steven Jay Gould.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastebasket taxon