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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•nog•y•ny (mə noj′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologythe practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
- Animal Behavior(of a male animal) the condition of having one mate at a time.
- Animal Behavior, Insects(in social insects) the condition of having one functioning queen in a colony.
- Plant Biology[Bot.]the condition of having one pistil.
- 1875–80; mono- + Greek -gynia, equivalent. to gyn(é̄) woman, wife + -ia -y3
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