polygynous
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polygynous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian.
- Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, p. 86
- These polygynous [wasp] colonies, with multiple functional queens, continue to grow unabated.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, p. 86
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- (having many styles): polygynian
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practicing polygyny
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References[edit]
- polygynous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- polygynous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- polygynous at OneLook Dictionary Search.