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单词 polyandric
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polyandricadj.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈandrɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈændrɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολύανδρος , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολύανδρος having many husbands (see polyandrous adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare polygamic adj., polygynic adj. Compare French polyandrique (1803 in sense 2, 1842 in sense 1).
1.
a. = polyandrous adj. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > relating to or practising polygamy > relating to or practising polyandry
polyandrian1809
polyandrous1855
polyandric1856
1856 ‘D. Lyman’ Leaven for Doughfaces xxxv. 138 We expand the marriage relation at each end, making it both polygamic and polyandric.
1875 A. Wilson Abode of Snow xxiv. 234 I never knew of a case where a polyandric wife was left without the society of one at least of her husbands.
1969 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers No. 47. 7 A shelter for the livestock..has to serve also as a ‘refuge’ for a temporary retreat of parts of the polyandric family.
1999 P. Olivelle in tr. Dharmasutras 394 (note) The former [verse] may refer to a polyandric marriage of several brothers to a single wife.
b. Zoology. = polyandrous adj. 2b.
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the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > female > having more than one male mate
polyandrous1885
polyandric1991
1991 Zeitschr. f. Zool. Systematik u. Evolutionsforschung 29 213 Turnicidae display a reversed sexual dimorphism and generally are supposed to mate in a polyandric mating system.
2001 Heredity 86 177 Selection response becomes saturated at about 90% and 25% levels of polyandry..respectively, and consequently mono- and polyandric pure strains were not obtained.
2. Botany. = polyandrous adj. 1.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > in specific quantity, form, or arrangement
castrate1704
syngenesious1753
pentandrious1754
pentandrous1757
polyandrous1757
polyadelphous1778
triandrious1786
polyandrian1787
gynandrian1791
monadelphous1806
monandrous1806
tetrandrous1806
perigynous1807
octandrousa1815
pleurogynous1819
hypogynous1821
icosandrian1828
octandrian1828
pentandrian1828
polyadelphian1828
tetradynamian1828
hexandrous1830
pentadelphous1830
tetradynamous1830
triadelphous1830
triandrous1830
icosandrous1836
corollifloral1839
indefinite1839
oligandrous1851
isadelphous1855
thalamifloral1857
thalamiflorous1857
phalangiform1858
polyandrious1858
allagostemonous1879
corolliflorous1880
obdiplostemonous1882
hypogynic1886
octandrious1890
Monadelphic1959
polyandric1976
1976 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 63 108/1 Alternate whorls of antesepalous and antepetalous stamens..are apparent in mature flowers of many polyandric palm androecia.
1992 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 153 114/1 The unusual delayed centrifugal origin of the numerous stamens..in Capparaceae may at least indicate that this polyandric pattern is not primitive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1856
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