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

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
monogyny /mɒˈnɒdʒɪnɪ/ n
  1. the custom of having only one female sexual partner over a period of time

moˈnogynist n moˈnogynous adj
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