polyandry

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A form of polygamy where a woman is married to two or more husbands simultaneously.
2. noun The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
3. noun Sexual relations with multiple males, by a female or a male, human or nonhuman, within or without marriage.
4. noun The condition of having many stamens.

Similar words

polygyny polygamy hyperpolyandry polyandrogyny polyandrism monoandry monogyny monandry polyamoury polyamory

Often followed by

is and in was among of has as are

Word family

polyandries polyandrous