[mass noun]the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time 多配偶(制);一夫多妻(制);一妻多夫(制) ■(Zoology)a pattern of mating in which an animal has more than one mate of the opposite sex (动)多偶性 ■(Botany)the condition of bearing some flowers with stamens only, some with pistils only, and some with both, on the same or different plants (植)杂性;多配性
派生 polygamist noun 语源
late 16th cent.: from French polygamie, via late Latin from Greek polugamia, from polugamos 'often marrying'