polygyny
Meanings
noun
- The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.
- The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens.
- Synonym of polygamy.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύ (polú, “many”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, wife”). By surface analysis, poly- + -gyny.
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