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polygynous, a.|pəˈlɪdʒɪnəs|
[f. mod.L. polygyn-us (see Polygynia) + -ous.]
1. Bot. Having many pistils, styles, or stigmas; spec. belonging to the order Polygynia.
1846Worcester, Polygynous, having many styles. Loudon. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) 261 Less general..terms are such as..Polygynous (of many pistils).
2. Having more than one, or several, wives (or concubines); practising, pertaining to, or involving polygyny. (Corresp. to polyandrous 2.)
1874Sidgwick Meth. Ethics xi. 337 A legal polygynous connexion. 1876Fox Bourne Locke I. viii. 429 The frivolous, corrupted, polygynous and polyandrous society by which he was surrounded. 1891E. Westermarck Hist. Hum. Marr. (1894) 439 Even in Africa, the chief centre of polygynous habits, polygyny is an exception.
b. Zool. Of a male animal: Having several female mates; characterized by polygyny, as a species. (Corresp. to polyandrous 2 b.) |