wastebin
Noun
Meaning
wastebin (plural wastebins)
A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
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Major " wastebin " families such as the Old World warblers and Old World babblers have turned out to be paraphyletic and are being rearranged.
The relationships of many fish in this family in particular species traditionally placed in the Tetragonopterinae, which had become something of a " wastebin taxon " are poorly known, a comprehensive phylogenetic study for the entire family is needed.