Definition of "polytypic" []

• Having several variant forms, especially subspecies or varieties. (adjective)

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• "So right now things are undecided, and Chelydra may or may not turn out to be polytypic."
• "Thirty-one bird species are polytypic on the island."
• "One of your remarks I do not see the bearing of under your point of view -- namely, that in monotypic genera "the variation and variability" are "much more frequently noticed" than in polytypic genera."