polytypic

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɒlɪˈtɪpɪk/

Definition of polytypic

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies
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adj

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

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Etymology

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

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