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polyandry
[ pol-ee-an-dree, pol-ee-an- ]
noun
- the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry ( def 1 ).
- (among female animals) the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively.
- Botany. the state of being polyandrous.
polyandry
/ ˈpɒlɪˌændrɪ /
noun
- the practice or condition of being married to more than one husband at the same time Compare polygamy
- the practice in animals of a female mating with more than one male during one breeding season
- the condition in flowers of having a large indefinite number of stamens
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Derived Forms
- ˌpolyˈandrous, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of polyandry1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of polyandry1
C18: from Greek poluandria, from poly- + -andria from anēr man
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Example Sentences
They practice polyandry.258 Infanticide was frequent among them until suppressed under the action of Government.
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In Polynesia, where polyandry was very prevalent, this custom was at one time fairly rampant.
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Under such circumstances the custom of polyandry is intelligible without further explanation.
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It is everywhere set aside, to a greater or less extent, in favour of the two forms of polygamy—polygyny and polyandry.
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Hence the original form of polygamy was probably not polygyny—the only form, practically, that later occurs—but polyandry.
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