Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having only one wife; living in monogyny; monogamous, as a man: correlated with monandrous.
- In zoology, having only one female mate.
- Same as
monogynian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.
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- adjective botany Of or relating to the Monogynia; having only one
style orstigma .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)
Etymologies
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Compare French monogyne.
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Examples
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The Greek male is often ambidextrous in his early sexual life, as he is usually monogynous later on.
Kallman in Athens Jackson, David 1984
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