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polytypic

/pol-ee-tip-ik/US // ˌpɒl iˈtɪp ɪk //UK // (ˌpɒlɪˈtɪpɪk) //

多型性,多形性,多形性的,多型性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or involving many or several types.

Examples

  • A discussion of the polytypic species, Hypopachus oxyrrhinus, with a description of a new subspecies.

  • In polytypic species, the diagnosis of a subspecies is designed only to distinguish it from other subspecies of that species.

  • The bar of mutual sterility, whenever and wherever it occurs, must always render polytypic evolution possible.

  • It has been shown that divergent or polytypic evolution on common areas is inexplicable by natural selection alone.

  • Had he gone a step further, he must have seen that separation, in some form or another, is "indispensable" to polytypic evolution.