polyandrous

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Definition of polyandrous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
    “Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally.”
    “Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
    “Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally.”
    “Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men.”
  2. (not-comparable)Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.

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Etymology

From poly- + -androus.

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