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polyandry

N การ มี สามี หลาย คน  การ มี สามี มากกว่า หนึ่ง คน  polygamy kan-me-sa-me-lai-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POLYANDRY

n.[supra. ] The practice of females' having more husbands than one at the same time; plurality of husbands.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLYANDRY

Pol `y *an "dry, n. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. polyandrie. ]

 

Defn: The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with Ant: monandry.

 

Note: In law, this falls under the head of polygamy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

polyandry

pol y an dry |ˈpälēˌandrē pɑːliˈændri | noun polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband. Compare with polygyny. Zoology a pattern of mating in which a female animal has more than one male mate. DERIVATIVES pol y an drous |ˌpälēˈandrəs |adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from poly- many + Greek anēr, andr- male.

 

Oxford Dictionary

polyandry

polyandry |ˈpɒlɪandri | noun [ mass noun ] polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband. Compare with polygyny. Zoology a pattern of mating in which a female animal has more than one male mate. DERIVATIVES polyandrous |-ˈandrəs |adjective ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from poly- many + Greek anēr, andr- male .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

polyandry

pol y an dry /pɑ̀liǽndri |pɔ̀l -/名詞 U 一妻多夫 (制 ); 〘植 〙多雄蕊 ずい .p l y n drous /-drəs /形容詞