polygynous

Describes a social or mating system in which a male has multiple female partners.

• 🇪🇸Describe un sistema social o matrimonial en el que un macho o un hombre tiene varias parejas femeninas.

1. Having multiple wives C1 formal

   Relating to or characterized by the practice of having more than one wife at the same time.

   • Polygynous marriages were historically common in some societies.
   • The anthropologist studied a polygynous community in Africa.
   • In a polygynous family, the husband has multiple wives.

   🇪🇸Polígamo

   Sinónimos: polygamous

   Antónimos: monogamous

• more polygynous comparative form
• most polygynous superlative form