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单词 polygamist
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polygamist

/pəˈlɪɡəmɪst /
noun
1A person who has more than one wife or husband at the same time: a Mississippi-based group of practising polygamists [as modifier]: polygamist communities...
  • Few people outside the group are likely to have close friends who are polygamists.
  • Most likely, the leadership is using this initiative to wage war against their own renegade, polygamist brethren.
  • There are an estimated 30,000 polygamists in this state.
1.1 Zoology An animal that has more than one mate.These polygamists got dirty later than monogamous males, remaining clean until their second female began laying....
  • In the cuckoo, a polygamist who continues with the female but for a very short time, the testes are small.
  • A polygamist has to be a good fighter, so accordingly we find that the peacock is armed with trenchant spurs upon the legs.

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