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polyandrous

[ pol-ee-an-druhs ]

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
  2. Botany. having an indefinite number of stamens.


polyandrous

/ ±èűô′ē-ă²Ô′»å°ùÉ™²õ /

  1. Relating to a species of animals in which the females mate with more than one male in a single breeding season.
  2. Relating to an angiosperm plant that has an indefinite number of stamens in its flowers.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of polyandrous1

First recorded in 1820–30, polyandrous is from the Greek word ±è´Ç±ô²âá²Ô»å°ù´Ç²õ having many husbands. See poly-, -androus
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Female chimps and bonobos, on the other hand, are decidedly polyandrous.

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The participants in Prof Machoko's study all lived separately but were committed to the polyandrous union and were open about it among themselves.

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And scientists suspect that, like their polyandrous cousins, female kalutas are capable of internally stockpiling sperm for up to two weeks before fertilization.

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And in both studies human semenogelin genes lie closest to chimpanzees and bonobos, suggesting that our common ancestors were polyandrous females and sperm competing males.

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Trees or shrubs, with naked buds and no stipules, a calyx of 3 sepals, and a corolla of 6 petals in two rows, valvate in the bud, hypogynous, polyandrous.—Petals thickish.

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