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polyandrous

polyandrous adjective: of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.

Adjective

polyandrous (not comparable)

  1. 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.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32
    • 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
  2. Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.

polyandrous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

polyandrous in Tamil

பலகேசரமுள்ள, பலகேசாமுள்ள, பல ஆண் துணையுள்ள

polyandrous in Bengali

বহুপতিত্ব সংক্রান্ত, বহুপতিত্বে লিপ্ত, শ্রেণীর অন্তর্ভুক্ত, অনেকগুলো পুংকেশর বিশিষ্ট

Antonyms of polyandrous

Origin of polyandrous

From poly- + -androus.

Words formed from polyandrous

Questions about polyandrous

What does polyandrous mean?
Polyandrous means of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
What is polyandrous in Tamil?
Polyandrous in Tamil is பலகேசரமுள்ள, பலகேசாமுள்ள, பல ஆண் துணையுள்ள. See Polyandrous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polyandrous?
Polyandrous is an adjective.

Words near polyandrous in the dictionary

  1. polyandrist
  2. polyandrists
  3. polyandrium
  4. polyandrogynous
  5. polyandrogyny
  6. polyandrous
  7. polyandrously
  8. polyandrum
  9. polyandrums
  10. polyandry
  11. polyanethol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyandrous (page history and authors); polyandrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polyandrous (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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