polyandrous

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    having more than one husband at a time

Word Origin

polyandrous (adj.)
1764, in botany, "having numerous stamens," from poly- + stem of aner "man, husband" (see anthropo-). From 1854 of humans, "having more than one husband." Greek polyandros meant "numerous" (of persons), "populous" (of places); polyanor meant "of many husbands."

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