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单词 polygynandry
释义

polygynandry

English

Etymology

From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɑlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/

Noun

polygynandry (uncountable)

  1. (anthropology, zoology) A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females. [from 20th c.]
    • 2016, David P. Barash, Out of Eden, Oxford 2016, p. 29:
      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.

Derived terms

  • polygynandrous
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