polygynandry
English
Etymology
From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒlidʒɪˈnændɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑlidʒɪˈnændɹi/
Noun
polygynandry (uncountable)
- (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.
- 2016, David P. Barash, Out of Eden, Oxford 2016, p. 29:
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