polygyny

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or practice of a man having more than one wife at a time; plurality of wives; marriage between one man and multiple wives. countable,uncountable
    — We may infer that in most cases where polygyny exists, monogamy co-exists to a greater extent, and in all other cases to a considerable extent.
  2. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens. countable,uncountable
  3. Synonym of polygamy. countable,uncountable

词形变化

polygynies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
polygynist polygynous

词源

From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”). By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny.
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