polygyny

/puh-lij-uh-nee/US // pəˈlɪdʒ ə ni //UK // (pəˈlɪdʒɪnɪ) //

一夫多妻制,多妻制,一夫多妻,多胎制

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- : the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively.
- : the condition of having two or more functioning queens in a colony.
- : Botany. the state or condition of having many pistils or styles.

as inpolygamy

Synonyms

It is everywhere set aside, to a greater or less extent, in favour of the two forms of polygamy—polygyny and polyandry.
Hence the original form of polygamy was probably not polygyny—the only form, practically, that later occurs—but polyandry.
Indeed, this is what has almost universally happened wherever pure polygyny prevails.
In the northerly regions, where immigration and racial fusion have played a greater rle, both monogamy and polygyny may be found.
The same is true of America and of Africa, monogamy decidedly predominating in the former and polygyny in the latter.