polygamy

polygamy
noun
  1. [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
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polygamist
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from French polygamie, via late Latin from Greek polugamia, from polugamos 'often marrying'
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