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pol|y|an|dry
pol|y|an|dry «POL ee AN dree, POL ee AN-», noun.
1. the practice or condition of having more than one husband at the same time.
2. Botany. the condition of being polyandrous.
[< Greek polyandríā < polyándros having many men or mates < polýs many + an, andrós man, husband]

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