Polytypic means of more than one type. It often refers to:

  • Polytypic function, in computer science
  • Polytypic habitat, in ecology, a habitat not dominated by a single species
  • Polytypic taxon, in biology, a taxon with more than one immediately subordinate taxon

See also

  • Polyclonal antibodies
  • Polytypes in crystallography
  • Race (classification of human beings) for a discussion of whether the species Homo sapiens is polytypic