polytypic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies
of a habitat, not dominated by a single species
of a substance, able to exist in more than one crystal structure, these differing in one dimension
of a cell sample, containing several cell types
of an antibody response, involving several antibodies
exhibiting polytypism

/pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/

polytypic more polytypic most polytypic

From Ancient Greek πολῠ- (polŭ-) + τῠπῐκός (tŭpĭkós). By surface analysis, poly- + type + -ic.

polytypical

polytypy

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