polyandrous

English

polyandrous (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
- 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32:
  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.
- 1988 December 25, Los Angeles Times:
  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.
(botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.

Of or pertaining to polyandry

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