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Meaning of "polygynous"
polygynous (adjective): relating to or characterized by polygyny, a mating system in which a male animal has more than one female mate
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- Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia; polygynian.
- Having more than one female as wife or mate; practicing polygyny.
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Castrator is polygynous nests consisting of multiple queens.
The taiga voles live a polygynous lifestyle.
They are polygynous and mate with several females.
The mating system was therefore probably polygynous.
Some males are polygynous while others are monogamous.
Of currently married women are in a polygynous union.
Polygynous groups usually consist of one male and multiple females.
This discourages women from entering a polygynous marriage.
Organisms with polygynous mating systems are controlled by one dominant male.
Formica polyctena has polygynous colonies.
It has a polygynous mating system and copulation is initiated with vocal communication.
Patrilocal societies are also usually polygynous.
Testosterone also appears more in polygynous species than in monogamous species.
Polygynous queens are also less physogastric than monogynous queens and workers are smaller.
This species is therefore polygynous.
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An explanation for why polygynous systems persist is explained by the polygyny threshold model.
They may be polyandrous or polygynous.
Within this patrilineal system polygynous marriages with up to four wives can occur.
Marriage is exogamous and polygynous.
Relatedness in the polygynous ant Myrmecia pilosula.
Male dispersal is more common in mammals with cooperative breeding and polygynous systems.
I am a child of a polygynous marraige.
Male carpenter bees do not exhibit parental care for their offspring and are polygynous.
They are also polygynous.
Polygynous and multi-male societies are classed in this category.
Most bovids are polygynous.
Due to their polygynous nature, many of these males will be unsuccessful.
The species is polygynous.
Polygynous species include elephant seals, grey seals and most otariids.
It is probably polygynous.
Polygynous mating usually results in a single offspring ; twins are possible but rare.
This type of family has its basis in the polygynous form of marriage.
Samburu practice polygynous marriage, and a man may have multiple wives.
Any such family has its basis in the polygynous type of marriage.
It 's a polygynous species, a system in which males can monopolise large harems of females.
Such a pattern of spatial overlap does not support the predictions of a polygynous mating system.
Almost all beetles in this tribe have polygynous mating systems with harems of females.
Much of daily life occurs in public areas such as the courtyards of polygynous compounds.
Thus, it is obvious that polygynous marriages are not widespread.
The parasitic nature of the species goes hand in hand with their polygynous mating system.
The mantled guereza has a polygynous harem-based mating system.
Each of the three women nakotigiw had the position of first wife within a polygynous unit.
Stone Age polygynous.
The species is indigenous to Europe and most colonies are polygynous.
The Bété women are nowadays less interested in polygynous engagements compared to the Dioula.
They are a polygynous species, meaning a male may mate with several females.
But there is an even more basic problem in assuming a polygynous human mating system.
They have a polygynous mating system, mating with more than one female at a time.
Biology Steller sea lions are polygynous breeders.
Gorillas, which have a polygynous mating system, have smaller testes than other primates.
