“polyandry”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

polyandry

释义

polyandry|ˈpɒlɪændrɪ|
[ad. Gr. πολυανδρία: see polyandria. So F. polyandrie.]
That form of polygamy in which one woman has two or more husbands at the same time; plurality of husbands. (Corresp. to polygyny.)
1780M. Madan Thelyphthora (1781) I. 279 This surely affords a strong proof that polyandry (as it is called) is contrary to nature.1816Southey Lett. (1856) III. 18, I can account for the system of Polyandry, as he calls it, only in one way;..that it originated in necessity.1885Crodd Myths & Dr. i. vi. 104 The custom of female infanticide..rendering women scarce, led at once to polyandry.
b. Zool. The fact of a female animal having more than one male mate.
1871Darwin Desc. Man I. viii. 269 Three starlings not rarely frequent the same nest; but whether this is a case of polygamy or polyandry has not been ascertained.

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