polyandrous

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ -androus

Adjective

polyandrous (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
   • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32:

     Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally.

   • 1988 December 25, Los Angeles Times:

     Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men.

2. (botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.

Antonyms

• monandrous
• polygynous

Hypernyms

• polygamous

Translations

Of or pertaining to polyandry

• French: polyandre (fr)
• Ido: poliandra (io)
• Irish: polandrach
• Italian: poliandro m
• Portuguese: poliandro, poliândrico
• Spanish: poliandro