Etymology

polytypic

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Today it means: having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies Full definition →

Ancient Greek πολῠ-
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπολῠ-
  2. English todaypolytypic

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπολῠ- all →

polyacron

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