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polygynandry

UK/pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/US/pɑlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/

polygynandry noun: a mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females.

Noun

polygynandry (uncountable)

  1. A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females.
    • If you've never heard of polygynandry before, this isn't surprising because it is a very unusual mating system, found only in a tiny number of vertebrate species and in no other primates.2016, David P. Barash, Out of Eden, Oxford, page 29

Origin of polygynandry

From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.

Words formed from polygynandry

Questions about polygynandry

What does polygynandry mean?
Polygynandry means a mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females.
What part of speech is polygynandry?
Polygynandry is a noun.
How do you pronounce polygynandry?
Polygynandry is pronounced /pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/ (UK).

Words near polygynandry in the dictionary

  1. polygyn
  2. polygynadrous
  3. polygynandric
  4. polygynandrous
  5. polygynandrously
  6. polygynandry
  7. polygyne
  8. polygyneous
  9. polygynian
  10. polygynic
  11. polygynies

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