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polygyny

noun
/pəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”). By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny.

  1. derived from πολύ

Definitions

  1. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time

    The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.

    • We may infer that in most cases where polygyny exists, monogamy co-exists to a greater extent, and in all other cases to a considerable extent.

  2. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.

  3. Synonym of polygamy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA