polyandrous

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
   not-comparable
2. Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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