(pol-ee-an-dree) A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.

1767, nativized form of polyandria. Related: Polyandrist.

The marriage of one woman to more than one man.

situation of a woman having more than one husband.

A form of polygamy and the practice of having more than one male mate at a time. See also Polygyny.

The extremely rare practice in which a woman is married to more than one husband.

A form of marriage in which a woman may have more than one husband.

Condition of having more than one male mate at one time. polycarpic

1. with regard to animals, a mating system wherein a female mates with more than one male but a male mates with only one female. 2. marriage of a woman to two or more husbands at the same time, that i [..]

A mating system in which one female mates with more than one male. Compare polygyny.

The marriage rule in which a woman marries two or more men.

Polyandry refers to a form of sexual union, in which a woman is married to two or more men at the same time. If a woman is married to two or more brothers, then that would amount to "fraternal po [..]

(n) having more than one husband at a time

A form of marriage in which a woman may have two or more husbands at the same time. See also monogamy, serial monogamy.

A variety of plural marriage in which a woman has more than one husband. Tibet is the most well-documented cultural domain within which polyandry is practised, though it has recently been outlawed.

Marriage of a women to two or more men.

The mating system in which one female mates with more than one male.

Mating or marriage involving one woman and more than one man.

 (Literally, poly many + andros man) The state or practice of having multiple wedded husbands at the same time. Contrast monogamy; see related polygamy, polygyny, bigamy.

the practice or the condition whereby a woman has more than one established erotic/sexual female partner; see also polygyny.