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Learn to pronounce pol·y·an·dry

/ˈpälēˌandrē/
noun
polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband.

Polyandry

Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and two or more females. Wikipedia
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Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. Polyandry is contrasted with polygyny, involving one male and ...
The meaning of POLYANDRY is the state or practice of having more than one husband or male mate at one time.
(among female animals) the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively. Botany. the state of being polyandrous.
In behavioral ecology, polyandry is a class of mating system where one female mates with several males in a breeding season. Polyandry is often compared to ...
noun · polygyny · polygamy · bigamy · marriage · monogamy · matrimony · wedlock · polyamory · conjugality · intermarriage.
We refer here to polyandry in the sense of multiple mating (or more strictly, multiple ejaculates), i.e. a female copulates with and is inseminated by more than ...
Polyandry, by elevating sexual conflict and selecting for reduced male care relative to monandry, may exacerbate the cost of sex and thereby seriously ...
Feb 1, 2013 · For generations, anthropologists have told their students a fairly simple story about polyandry—the socially recognized mating of one woman ...
Polyandry is when a female mates with two or more different males (the male equivalent, one male mating with multiple females, being called 'polygyny').