polyandry
noun/ˌpɒliˈændri/
/ˌpɑːliˈændri/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the custom of having more than one husband at the same time compare polygamyWord Originlate 17th cent.: from poly- ‘many’ + Greek anēr, andr- ‘male’.
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