polygyny

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P0424800 (pə-lĭj′ə-nē)n.1. The condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.2. Zoology a. A mating pattern in which a male mates with more than one female in a single breeding season.b. The condition of having more than one queen. Used of an insect colony.

po·lyg′y·nous adj.

polygyny

(pəˈlɪdʒɪnɪ) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the practice or condition of being married to more than one wife at the same time. Compare polygamy2. (Zoology) the practice in animals of a male mating with more than one female during one breeding season3. (Botany) the condition in flowers of having many carpels[C18: from poly- + -gyny, from Greek gunē a woman] poˈlygynist n poˈlygynous adj

po•lyg•y•ny

(pəˈlɪdʒ ə ni)

n. the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time. [1770–80; < Greek polygýnaios having many wives] po•lyg′y•nist, n. po•lyg′y•nous, adj.

polygyny

the practice of having two or more wives at a time. — polygynous, polygynious, adj.See also: Marriage

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Noun

polygyny - having more than one wife at a timepolygamy - having more than one spouse at a time

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polygyny

1. the practice or condition of being married to more than one wife at the same time 2. the practice in animals of a male mating with more than one female during one breeding season 3. the condition in flowers of having many carpels

polygyny

a form of plural marriage where a man has more than one wife. This is viewed as a strategy which allows powerful males to control reproductive resources and to tactically manipulate kin ties. Far more common than its opposite, POLYANDRY, it is a subclass of POLYGAMY.

Polygyny

the practice of having more than one wife; a form of marriage existing throughout history and found chiefly in patriarchies. In its late forms, polygyny was retained in the class society of certain Muslim peoples of the East as a privilege of the ruling classes. Polygamy, a less precise term, is sometimes used instead of polygyny.

polygyny

[pah-lij´ĭ-ne] a form of marriage in which a man has two or more wives at the same time.

polygyny

A mating system in which one male mates with more than one female.

polygyny

Marriage to more than one woman, simultaneously.

polygyny

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

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noun having more than one wife at a time

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