polythetic

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having many, but not all properties in common.

   A polythetic taxon is one where the constituent organisms share a large number of characteristics.

Similar words

polyadic polymerous polylectic polygeneous polygenous polytopian polyphenotypic multifarious various multifaceted

Often followed by

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