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| po·lyg·a·my [ pə líggəmee ] |
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1. having multiple spouses: the custom of having more than one spouse at the same time
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2. system of multiple mates: animal mating in which an individual mates with more than one animal during any single breeding season
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| [Late 16th century. Via French and late Latin< ecclesiastical Greek polugamia< polugamos "often married" < Greek gamos "marriage"] |
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  po·lyg·a·mist noun |
| po·lyg·a·mous adjective |
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