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polyandrous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From poly- + -androus.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
    • 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. 1988 December 25, Los Angeles Times:
    • 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. 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32:
  2. (not-comparable) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.

Antonyms

polygynous · monandrous

Deriveds

hyperpolyandrous · polyandrously

Hypernyms

polygamous

Translations (7)

fr polyandre (Of or pertaining to polyandry) · ga polandrach (Of or pertaining to polyandry) · pt poliandro (Of or pertaining to polyandry) · it poliandro (Of or pertaining to polyandry) · es poliandro (Of or pertaining to polyandry) · pt poliândrico (Of or pertaining to polyandry) · io poliandra (Of or pertaining to polyandry)