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polygynous

/pəˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/

polygynous adjective: having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.

Adjective

polygynous (not comparable)

  1. Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.
    Synonyms:
    polygynian
  2. Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.
    • These polygynous [wasp] colonies, with multiple functional queens, continue to grow unabated.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 86

polygynous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

polygynous in Tamil

பல்சூலகமுள்ள, பல பெண் துணையுடைய

polygynous in Bengali

অনেক গর্ভদণ্ড বিশিষ্ট, পলিগিনিয়া বর্গের অন্তর্গত, বহুপত্নীত্ব চর্চাকারী

Synonyms of polygynous

Origin of polygynous

From polygyny + -ous.

Words formed from polygynous

Questions about polygynous

What does polygynous mean?
Polygynous means having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.
What is polygynous in Tamil?
Polygynous in Tamil is பல்சூலகமுள்ள, பல பெண் துணையுடைய. See Polygynous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polygynous?
Polygynous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce polygynous?
Polygynous is pronounced /pəˈlɪd͡ʒɪnəs/.

Words near polygynous in the dictionary

  1. polygynies
  2. polygynious
  3. polygynist
  4. polygynists
  5. polygynoecial
  6. polygynous
  7. polygynously
  8. polygyns
  9. polygyny
  10. polygyrate
  11. polygyria

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