Polygynandry
//pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.
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