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P0420300 (pŏl′ē-ăn′drē)n.1. The condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time.2. Zoology A mating pattern in which a female mates with more than one male in a single breeding season.3. Botany The condition of having numerous stamens.

pol′y·an′drous (-ăn′drəs) adj.

polyandry

(ˈpɒlɪˌændrɪ) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the practice or condition of being married to more than one husband at the same time. Compare polygamy2. (Zoology) the practice in animals of a female mating with more than one male during one breeding season3. (Botany) the condition in flowers of having a large indefinite number of stamens[C18: from Greek poluandria, from poly- + -andria from anēr man] ˌpolyˈandrous adj

pol•y•an•dry

(ˈpɒl iˌæn dri, ˌpɒl iˈæn-)

n. 1. the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. 2. (among female animals) the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively. 3. Bot. the state of being polyandrous. [1770–80; < Greek polyandría. See poly-, -andry]

polyandry

the practice of having two or more husbands at a time. — polyandrous, adj.See also: Marriage

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polyandry - having more than one husband at a timepolygamy - having more than one spouse at a time

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polyandry

polyandry:

see marriagemarriage,
socially sanctioned union that reproduces the family. In all societies the choice of partners is generally guided by rules of exogamy (the obligation to marry outside a group); some societies also have rules of endogamy (the obligation to marry within a group).
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polyandry

a form of plural marriage (POLYGAMY) where a woman has more than one husband. It is regarded as a functional strategy for ensuring reproductive stability when there is a shortage of women. Compare POLYGYNY.

Polyandry

a rare vestigial form of group marriage in which one woman has several husbands. In the 19th century, polyandry was still extant, particularly among the Aleuts and some groups of Eskimos; it existed even later among some ethnographic groups of Tibet and Hindustan. Polyandry may be fraternal, as among the Tibetans, or unrelated, as in South India.

polyandry

1. the practice or condition of being married to more than one husband at the same time 2. the practice in animals of a female mating with more than one male during one breeding season 3. the condition in flowers of having a large indefinite number of stamens

polyandry

[pol´e-an″dre] a form of marriage in which one woman has two or more husbands at the same time.

polyandry

(pŏl′ē-ăn′drē)n.1. The condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time.2. Zoology A mating pattern in which a female mates with more than one male in a single breeding season.

pol′y·an′drous (-ăn′drəs) adj.

polyandry

A form of polygamy in which a woman has two or more husbands at the same time.

polyandry

Marriage to more than one man, simultaneously.

polyandry

a system of POLYGAMY in which the female has several mating partners at one time. Compare POLYGYNY.

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