polygynandry
English
editEtymology
editFrom polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/
Noun
editpolygynandry (uncountable)
- (anthropology, zoology) A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females. [from 20th c.]
- 2016, David P. Barash, Out of Eden, Oxford, page 29:
- 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.