polytypic
Pronunciation: /pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/
The English word “polytypic” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
- 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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολῠ- (polŭ-) + τῠπῐκός (tŭpĭkós). By surface analysis, poly- + type + -ic.
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