polygynandry
nounUK /pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/ · US /pɑlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/
Etymology From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.
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Anthropology, Biology, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females.
- If you've never heard of polygynandry before, this isn't surprising because it is a very unusual mating system, found only in a tiny number of vertebrate species and in no other primates.2016, David P. Barash, Out of Eden, Oxford, page 29:
- Derived terms
- polygynandrous