monogyny

monogyny
monogynous, monogynic /mon'euh jin"ik/, monogynious, adj.monogynist, n.
/meuh noj"euh nee/, n.
1. the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
2. (of a male animal) the condition of having one mate at a time.
3. (in social insects) the condition of having one functioning queen in a colony.
4. Bot. the condition of having one pistil.
[1875-80; MONO- + Gk -gynia, equiv. to gyn(é) woman, wife + -ia -Y3]

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