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Definition of: polyandry
(pol′ē·an′drē) noun
1. The civil condition of having more than one husband.
2. A social order than includes a plurality of husbands.
3. Bot. Having 20 or more stamens. [<POLY- + Gk. anēr, andros a man]
—pol′y·an′drous adjective
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