polygynous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. not-comparable
  2. Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny. not-comparable
    — These polygynous [wasp] colonies, with multiple functional queens, continue to grow unabated.

词汇关系

衍生词
nonpolygynous polygynously

词源

Etymology tree
English polygyny
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English polygynous
From polygyny + -ous.
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