polygynous

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

• 🇨🇳形容一种社会或婚姻制度，其中雄性动物或男性拥有多个雌性伴侣或妻子。

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.

   🇨🇳一夫多妻的

   同义词: polygamous

   反义词: monogamous

• more polygynous comparative form
• most polygynous superlative form