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polyandries

polyandries is the plural of polyandry.

Meaning of polyandry

Noun

polyandry (usually uncountable, plural polyandries)

  1. (usually) A form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.
  2. (usually) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
  3. (usually) Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or nonhuman, within or without marriage.
  4. (usually) The condition of having many stamens.

Questions about polyandries

What is polyandries the plural of?
Polyandries is the plural of polyandry.

Words near polyandries in the dictionary

  1. polyanders
  2. polyandria
  3. polyandrian
  4. polyandrianism
  5. polyandric
  6. polyandries
  7. polyandrion
  8. polyandrious
  9. polyandrism
  10. polyandrist
  11. polyandrists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyandries (page history and authors); polyandry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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