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polygamy

po·lyg·a·my [ pə líggəmee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. having multiple spouses: the custom of having more than one spouse at the same time

2. system of multiple mates: animal mating in which an individual mates with more than one animal during any single breeding season

[Late 16th century. Via French and late Latin< ecclesiastical Greek polugamia< polugamos "often married" < Greek gamos "marriage"]

po·lyg·a·mist noun
po·lyg·a·mous adjective
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